Avishai Sadan

Dean, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC

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USC dental students provide free treatment to underserved students at Taft Union High School. The dental team pre-screened nearly 900 Taft Union High School students to find surprising results. #FightOn! https://t.co/pOixuVlb1c

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Check out the video tour of our completely remodeled SIM Lab B. #FightOn!

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Check out this amazing video highlighting Friday's FOD Scholarship Recognition Dinner event created by Ostrow’s own Eric Ennuson DDS ’22! #FightOn!

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Noura Hervani DDS Class of 2022 President, Jessica Huang DDS Class of 2021 President and Jessica Shin DDS Class of 2021 ASB Vice President welcomed USC President Carol Folt to the Trojan Dental Family this morning, delivering her her very own Ostrow jacket! #FightOn!

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Before dentistry, Assistant Professor of Clinical Dentistry Yaara Berdan MBA ’22 waited tables at California Pizza Kitchen. Check out her “Five Things” column to learn more about Ostrow’s own Dr. Berdan.
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Ostrow faculty, Mark Whalen has been a part of the Trojan Marching Band since he was an undergrad at USC. Each year Whalen polishes his clarinet and reunites with the band to relive the glory days performing with the Spirit of Troy. #FightOn! https://t.co/zIlHY20vy9

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This year 141 students will be awarded scholarships totaling more than $2.2M. We look forward to recognizing the scholarship recipients and their benefactors later this month alongside our special guest USC President Carol Folt! RSVP today: https://t.co/wUKIgjyYR3

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As campus starts to officially clear out for winter break, I want to again wish the Trojan Dental Family the happiest of holidays! We look forward to another successful year, and decade, ahead of us in 2020! #FightOn #happyholidays #happynewyear https://t.co/PcB3CkYJIq

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Coming Soon: Fall 2019 TroDent. In our cover story, we focus on student ambassadors who volunteer their time helping at events or providing tours representing Ostrow. Plus: Mulligan gets a Gies Award; 6 professors installed into chairs, professorships; and DH gets an upgrade.

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Congratulations to Stefan Zweig DDS ’86, ENDO ’92 who has been elected vice president of the American Association of Endodontists.#FightOn! https://t.co/PAMF8enaVC

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Wishing you all a happy and restful Thanksgiving break alongside friends and family! #FightOn!🦃

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Austin De Los Santos DDS ’22 is featured as @CDAdentists November Student Spotlight. At a young age, Austin was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, which sparked an interest in health and nutrition and later led him to pursue a career in dentistry. https://t.co/EmXFxFBjyI #fighton

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Today, we were honored to welcome two recent Medal of Honor recipients — Staff Sergeant Ronald J. Shurer II and Master Sergeant Matthew Williams. The two Army Sergeants visited the dental school’s display of Captain Ben Salomon’s Medal of Honor on the second floor... #FightOn

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Honored to be mentioned by @Reuters in its Top 100 Most Innovative Universities. In its round up, which listed USC as No. 8, Reuters mentions Ostrow research investigating how one day stem cells could be used to reactive tooth growth. Read more here: https://t.co/IXRiBZoAoW

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Sat. marked the 8th annual USC Hiking & Jogging Scholarship. Since its start in 2011 by David Eggleston DDS '70, PROS '72 and Andrew Vo DDS '15, the hike has given back over $120K to Ostrow students. Congrats to participants and thanks to those who donate to this memorable event!

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On Saturday, Ostrow held its first-ever Business Symposium at the USC Hotel. The symposium brought together industry experts and alumni to network with students and answer questions about practice management, business operations, legalities and finance. #FightOn!

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Associate Prof. Mariela Padilla was quoted in a recent article examining medical and lifestyle causes of bruxism, or teeth grinding. Padilla was quoted alongside medical psychologists discussing both psychological and orofacial effects of teeth grinding. https://t.co/BvDBfD3O9O

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#Ostrow Ast. Prof. Jianfu Chen aims to better understand microcephaly. In a recent Nature Communications article, Chen shared his discovery that the mutation of a specific gene (WDR62) resulted in dramatic brain size differences. https://t.co/a5CsptMwRH #FightOn! #research

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Clinical Assistant Professor and astrophotographer Daniel Schechter DDS ’72 experienced a total solar eclipse during a recent trip to La Higuera, Chile. He gathered enough images to make this incredible eclipse sequence. Check out more of his work https://t.co/Ot5nQTOBzW #FightOn

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#TBT to last year’s White Coat ceremony. Just like that, this group of dental professionals have completed their first year! Now we make room for the newest class of dentists and dental hygienists who we welcome next week at the 2019 White Coat Ceremony at Bovard Auditorium!