Drs. Santiago Orrego and Carolina Montoya in their lab. The team is revolutionizing oral healthcare. Courtesy Temple University A Revolutionary Nonsurgical Treatment for Periodontal Disease Drs. Santiago Orrego and Carolina Montoya’s gel uses electricity harnessed by the movement of the jaw to treat periodontal disease by growing bone and controlling infection. It sounds straight out...
In Osan, South Korea, at the U.S. Air Force Base just 48 miles from the Demilitarized Zone, service members are ready to respond to conflict at a moment’s notice. And stationed with them is Dr. Jackie Lieberman, a general dentist and part of the 51st Medical Group’s triage team. “I’m in a very, very unique...
In her pediatric clinic rotations at Temple Dental, Dr. Alexis Hyacinthe faced the well-known challenges: crying, fearful, and resistant children; limited patient communication; even sensory overload. Those scenarios might discourage many dental students who are debating whether to pursue pediatric or cosmetic dentistry. But for Hyacinthe, “It kind of solidified for me that if I...
The child hadn’t slept for weeks. His dental pain was profound but not unusual in Guatemala’s remote mountains. So like many others, his mother had walked five hours to get to the clinic. And as soon as the child’s tooth was extracted, he drifted asleep, finally peaceful. “You know,” one of the founders of the...
Temple University’s President Fry offers his thoughts. As an experienced higher education leader, how will higher education evolve over the next decade? I’ve spent more than three decades in higher education leadership, but my involvement really began when I was a student myself. From those early experiences, it has been clear to me that higher education is...
“I come from a family of doctors who influenced and inspired me early on. I understood the importance of education and how it can affect an entire generation,” says Dr. Lara Bakaeen, ’98, who practices in Jordan and recently won her second award from the American College of Prosthodontics (Shown here after winning her first ACP award in 1995).
Her involvement with university dental clubs? It began in her sophomore year as a Temple University undergrad. That’s when Inna Gorelik, ’26, realized dentistry would be her focus, rather than medicine or engineering. “What better place to meet students with a similar interest than the predental club,” she says. Shadowing a family friend who was...
What do you do when you’re an undergraduate honors student and want to pursue the dental school dream you’ve had since the age of 16—but you can’t get into your first choice, Temple Dental? If you can, you take advantage of Kornberg’s Postbaccalaureate Program. It’s 11 months long, intense, structured, and motivating, just what Amar...
It’s not what we often hear about a university class, but what really connects with Charles Stump, ’27, at Temple Dental is the unity of his fellow students. “It means a lot to me that I’m part of a class that is so friendly, kind, and gracious that we’re willing to help each other out...
