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Eastman Dental Center
625 Elmwood Avenue
Rochester, NY 14620-2989

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Eastman Dental Center Receives $3.9M NYS HEAL Grant to Increase Access

Eastman Dental Center, of the University of Rochester Medical Center, has been awarded a $3.9M state grant to increase access and capacity for Rochester’s underserved residents. Golisano Children’s Hospital at Strong has been awarded $500,000 to optimize health care access through telemedicine. More...

Eastman is Awarded $1.6M Grant to Prevent Cavities

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

Hyun (Michel) Koo D.D.S, Ph.D.

Dental caries (decay) results from the interaction of specific bacteria (such as Streptococcus mutans) with dietary sugars. Streptococcus mutans produces polymers, using sucrose to help them, and other pathogens, to cling to tooth surfaces, forming biofilms, known as dental plaque. More...

Announcement from the Division of
Pediatric Dentistry

Jeffrey M. Karp, DMD, MS

We are pleased to announce that Jeffrey M. Karp, DMD, MS has been appointed the Ambulatory Clinical Director of Eastman Dental Center's Pediatric Dental Services.

In this role Dr. Karp will report to Robert J. Berkowitz, DDS , Chair, Division of Pediatric Dentistry and work closely with Marianne Frail to ensure effective operations of the division.