School of Dental Medicine in the Media

This story references and includes photos from the Culinary Medicine course created and offered by the Friedman School, in collaboration with Community Servings, to students across the Boston health sciences campus. Students are quoted, as well as course director Nadine Tassabehji, who is also identified with her TUSDM affiliation.

2024 commentary from TUSDM’s Yau-Hua Yu on the role of oral health in overall health and the aging process is referenced in this article, which appears in 24 additional outlets.

TUSDM’s Yau-Hua Yu is quoted about her recent research examining how socioeconomic variables, access to oral health care, and self-reported health challenges differ across generations.

TUSDM’s Cheen Loo is quoted from a Tufts Now news story advising parents on how to safely get the benefits of fluoride for their children.

TUSDM’s Natalie Jeong is quoted throughout this article on the importance of flossing one's teeth and what to do if your dental floss has a foul odor after use.

TUSDM’s Yau-Hua Yu discusses her new research that showed how barriers to oral health differ across generations, providing new insights into how socioeconomic variables and health challenges intertwine to impact oral health.

This article reference research from TUSDM’s Pamela Yelick and Weibo Zhang to create bioengineered structures that resemble real human teeth by using a mixture of pig and human tooth cells.

TUSDM’s Peter Arsenault discusses the health benefits and drawbacks of chewing gum.

This article highlights new research from TUSDM’s Pamela Yelick and Weibo Zhang to grow a mixture of pig and human tooth cells in pieces of pig teeth to create bioengineered structures that resemble real human teeth. Yelick is quoted from an MIT Technology Review article.

TUSDM’s Pamela Yelick discusses her research with colleague Weibo Zhang to grow a mixture of pig and human tooth cells in pieces of pig teeth to create bioengineered structures that resemble real human teeth.

TUSDM’s Pamela Yelick discusses her research with colleague Weibo Zhang to grow a mixture of pig and human tooth cells in pieces of pig teeth to create bioengineered structures that resemble real human teeth.

TUSDM’s Karin Arsenault is quoted throughout this article on maintaining oral health.