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Following a nationwide search, Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine has appointed Brian J. Howe, DMD, MS, as its new associate dean of clinical operations and patient care.

The future recently came into focus for Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine Class of 2024, as 40 of its members who sought a residency position successfully secured one. Additionally, one fourth-year student will enter private practice upon earning their DDS, and another has committed to a residency with the United States Navy Dental Corps.

The incredible balloon twisting ways of D3 student Brandon Axelrod, aka the Magic Brandini, was featured in Newsday’s Faces of Long Island section this week. Read about how his own visit to the dentist inspired both his career and his unique talent.

Stony Brook University’s School of Dental Medicine Associate Professor Rafael Arcesio Delgado-Ruiz headed to Washington, DC, this month to advocate for robust federal funding for the Title VII Oral Health Training Programs within the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) and for the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR).

Driven by the shortage of dental school faculty in New York and across the United States, Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine hosted its inaugural Dental Educators Day on Thursday, October 5, on Stony Brook University’s south campus.

Fifty years ago, the first class was accepted to the Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine. Since then, the school has graduated over 1,500 students who have dedicated themselves to delivering the highest quality of dental care throughout the country. The golden anniversary was recognized the weekend of September 9 with a series of celebratory events,

Elina Nourmand, a third-year student at Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine, has been awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the Dental Trade Alliance Foundation (DTA) and Darby Dental.

Robert M. Peskin, DDS ’77, clinical associate professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery’s Division of Hospital Dentistry at Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine, has been named president of the American Institute of Parliamentarians (AIP)

Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine is pleased to announce that Laura Shelley has been appointed as its new director of development.

Forty-five Doctor of Dental Surgery students, as well as graduate students and residents of the School of Dental Medicine’s Class of 2023, received their degrees and certificates at the annual convocation ceremony held at the Staller Center for the Arts.