The Minnesota Dental Research Center for Biomaterials and Biomechanics celebrated its thirtieth anniversary in December with a global symposium recognizing three decades of achievement and excellence.
Gary Hildebrant, DDS, MS, sees a lot of cavities in his line of work. So he sought to answer a question not yet ventured in the literature: what is the relationship between caffeinated beverages and rampant caries?
Kristina Astleford-Hopper, DDS/PhD ’26, received the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASMBR) Young Investigator Award for her research in osteoclast biology.
Fischer was excited to be part of the annual conference and symposium recognizing “the next generation in regeneration,” bringing together the top young investigators in dental materials, biomaterials and bioengineering.
Dira Putri, PhD candidate in the Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology program at the University of Minnesota, is the inaugural recipient of the Shelley N. Grimes Conference Travel Fellowship award.
Kristin Bruk Artinger, PhD, will become Associate Dean for Research at the School of Dentistry in January. Dean Keith Mays, DDS, MS, PhD, announced Artinger’s arrival at an all-school staff and faculty retreat in September.
Sangeeta Yadav, BDS, MDS, adjunct associate professor of prosthodontics, received the Dr. Jacob Hyson Award for the best scientific article in the Journal of Prosthetic and Implant Dentistry.
