Faculty

For Daniel Menser, DDS ’72, dentistry is more than a job—it’s a calling. That’s why he’s dedicated his life to practicing and teaching it, for fifty years.

Augusto Saldarriaga, DDS, MS, becomes Interim Director of the Division of Prosthodontics effective Tuesday, July 9.

The Cleft and Craniofacial Clinic at the School of Dentistry is entering its sixth decade with a new director and renewed enthusiasm for interprofessionalism and patient care.

Two members of the Division of TMD and Orofacial Pain achieved great success at this year’s American Academy of Orofacial Pain Clinical and Scientific Meeting.

School of Dentistry faculty received accolades at the American Association of Orthodontics Annual Session.

School of Dentistry residents, faculty and alumni experienced a successful American Association of Endodontics Annual Meeting this April.

A School of Dentistry researcher and student group received accolades through the Student Unions and Activities office.

Gary Anderson, DDS ’80, MS ’83, is the 2022 recipient of the School of Dentistry Distinguished Dental Alumni Award.

Nelson Rhodus, DMD, MPH, professor and director of the Division of Oral Medicine, Diagnosis and Radiology, was added to the University of Minnesota’s Scholar’s Walk on Foreign Academies in honor of his election to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Larry Wolff, MS, PhD, DDS ’78, professor of periodontology, has been part of the University of Minnesota for over four decades–and he’s spent that time supporting learners from their first day to the day they walk across the stage at graduation.