Category Archives: Grants

Eastman is Awarded $1.6M Grant to Prevent Cavities

Posted on October 30, 2008 by

The National Institutes of Health has awarded Eastman Dental Center’s Hyun (Michel) Koo, D.D.S, Ph.D., $1.6 million to continue his work on preventing dental caries, the single most prevalent and costly oral infectious disease in the U.S. Dental caries (decay) … Continue reading →

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Dental care lags among many Rochester children

Posted on October 10, 2008 by

The following article appeared in Rochester’s Democrat and Chronicle on October 9, 2008. Justina Wang Staff writer Thousands of Rochester-area children enrolled in Medicaid have not seen a dentist in years, and there’s no easy way to find the few … Continue reading →

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Eastman Dental Center Lands $500K Grant for Teledentistry

Posted on December 11, 2007 by

Eastman Dental Center, at the University of Rochester Medical Center, has landed a five-year, $532,000 grant to explore teledentistry, a novel approach that uses an intraoral camera to image teeth and tooth surfaces. The grant was awarded by the National … Continue reading →

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