UK College of Dentistry restorative dentistry faculty Drs. Ahmad KutKut and Richard Mitchell have been published in the October 2015 issue of the Journal of Oral Implantology (JOI). Their contribution to the latest issue was selected as a featured paper by JOI and promoted via press release. The article, "Esthetic Considerations for Reconstructing Implant Emergence Profile Using Titanium and Zirconia Custom Implant Abutments: Fifty Case Series Report," describes a simple method to recreate what is known as the mouth's "emergence profile" with dental implants.
Dr. Jeffrey P Okeson (UKCD '72) recently received an honorary membership in the Peruvian Academy of Somatology. His induction was highlighted in a special evening meeting of the Academy in Lima, Peru on September 10, 2015. The Peruvian Academy of Somatology is the oldest and most prestigious dental organization in Peru. The Academy extended this honor to Okeson for his significant worldwide contributions to dentistry through lectures and textbooks. This honor has not been extended to an international member for almost 30 years.
Dr. Jeffrey P Okeson (UKCD '72) recently received an honorary membership in the Peruvian Academy of Somatology. His induction was highlighted in a special evening meeting of the Academy in Lima, Peru on September 10, 2015. The Peruvian Academy of Somatology is the oldest and most prestigious dental organization in Peru. The Academy extended this honor to Okeson for his significant worldwide contributions to dentistry through lectures and textbooks. This honor has not been extended to an international member for almost 30 years. Pictured above is Dr.
University of Kentucky, UK HealthCare and the UK North Fork Valley Community Health Center celebrated the 10th anniversary and the success story of theat a special ceremony on Sept. 9.
University of Kentucky, UK HealthCare and the UK North Fork Valley Community Health Center celebrated the 10th anniversary and the success story of theat a special ceremony on Sept. 9. UK President Dr. Eli Capilouto, Dr. Nikki Stone, director of the Eastern Kentucky Ronald McDonald Care Mobile, John Sampson, UK HealthCare associate ambulatory director for clinical operations, Fran Feltner, director of the UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health, Dr. Joe Kingery, CEO/medical director of the UK North Fork Valley Clinic, Dr.
As a final step before leaving the United States to serve abroad, U.S. Army Logistical Chief Warrant Officer Four Josie Evans went for a routine medical exam at her base in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Expecting to be found medically fit for deployment, instead Evans was given much different news. “They first thought it was a cyst,” said Evans. “After going to a doctor in Elizabethtown to have it cleaned out, a biopsy came back that it was odontogenic myxoma.”