Dental Hygiene

A total of 134 learners joined the two-day, in-person session to get to know one another, learn about the school and prepare for their first semester as School of Dentistry students. 

Graduates gathered to celebrate the completion of their degrees, as well as the announcement of the winners of 18 awards. 

Yvette Reibel, EdD, LDH, clinical associate professor and clinic director of the Division of Dental Hygiene, received an Award for Excellence in Academic Unit Service from the University of Minnesota.

The Distinguished Dental and Dental Hygiene Alumni Awards are honors given annually to outstanding alumni in recognition of exceptional achievement.

Rosemary Skriver, BDSH ’22, MDT ’23, received the American Dental Hygienists Association’s 2023 Sigma Phi Alpha Undergraduate Journalism Award for her research on providers’ knowledge and attitudes toward patients with Alzheimer’s Disease. Skriver is the first dental therapy student to receive a national award for her writing. 

TEATL grants provide funds to full-time faculty members interested in supporting the acquisition of new technology that will impact the teaching and learning environments of the institution. 

Graduates and loved ones, along with faculty and staff, gathered in Northrop Auditorium to celebrate the 187 graduates. 

Danna Paulson, MSDH, RDH, CCRP, researcher for the School of Dentistry, isn’t your typical study coordinator. And that is precisely what leads her to excel in the role.

In the past four years, Michelle Arnett, RDH, MS, assistant professor of dental hygiene, and Yvette Reibel, EdD, RDH, have mentored four BSDH learners and one MDT learner through the research process. Five of those learners have published their research—three alone in February 2023.

School of Dentistry faculty, staff and students participated in the American Dental Education Association’s Annual Session and Exhibition in March.