All four third year residents of the Graduate Program in Periodontics have been named finalists to compete in the 2021 John F. Prichard Graduate Research Competition, hosted by the Southwest Society of Periodontists.

Moshtagh Farokhi, DDS, MPH, is one of three UT Health San Antonio faculty to be selected as a member of The University of Texas Kenneth I. Shine Academy of Health Science Education.

Members of The American Academy of Periodontology have elected Lea Hachem, DDS, MS as Vice Chair of the Pre-doctoral Directors Organization.

Georgios A. Kotsakis, DDS, MS, and his lab will study the response of zirconia implants to peri-implantitis treatment thanks to a new grant awarded by the International Team for Implantology.

The San Antonio Chapter of the American Association of Dental Research is introducing a new award to recognize the efforts of a distinguished faculty mentor.  The nomination deadline is Friday, February 5th!

RegenMed SA will be hosting their 7th annual conference on February 4 - 5, 2021.

The ten most popular School of Dentistry stories of 2020 have been compiled.  Check to see what has interested our community over the past year!

Beatriz Hicks, MA, RDH, clinical associate professor in the Department of Periodontics, Division of Dental Hygiene was featured in The Pipette Gazette for her recent work in "Dimensions of Dental Hygiene".

Responding to the dire need in Texas for dentists, the 61st Legislature passed HB 79 in 1969 establishing The University of Texas Dental School at San Antonio.

Salute is the official magazine for the alumni and friends of the School of Dentistry at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Read and share inspiring stories highlighting our dental alumni, faculty and students who are revolutionizing education, research, patient care and critical services in the communities they serve.

Take a look at all of our upcoming events and never miss out again!

Experts at the UT Health San Antonio have compiled answers to frequently asked COVID vaccination questions.  Visit the webpage.

As hope finally begins to break across the dark horizon, we wish to thank and pay tribute to you for your unique and heroic contributions.

The deadline to register as a presenter for the 2021 Annual Research and Clinical Symposium has been extended to January 18th.