Research

Students shone as they represented the School of Dentistry at this year’s AADOCR Annual Meeting.

 Aryan Shekarabi is a 2025 University of Minnesota Libraries Student Innovator Fellow

Lauren Kress, DDS/PhD ’31 is this year’s AADOCR Gert Quigley Fellow.

Karl Self, DDS, MBA, associate professor and director of the Division of Dental Therapy and Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, is the 2024 Century Club Professor of the Year.

Our presence and leadership is an essential way for the School of Dentistry to influence the oral health of the nation.

If you’ve been impressed by strides made in recent research that uncovers connections between brain function and issues like head, neck and facial pain, then the presenters at the recent Research and Discovery Day at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry offered a look into a whole new world.

If you’ve ever described a heavy drinker as “feeling no pain,” you might be closer to explaining a scientific truth than you previously thought.

Attending and presenting at professional meetings is an excellent way for students to network, make important connections and increase their understanding of the dental profession.

In a traditionalist sense, one might consider research to be a solitary, microscopic endeavor. A scientist sits in a lab, examining slides or observing chemical reactions. It may seem lonely, unconnected from the larger world and everyday health care.

One of our strategic priorities over the past few years has been to increase our research presence through grants and publications.