The dean of the Western University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine and seven other dentists in the news in the last week:
- Steven Friedrichsen, DDS, dean of the Western University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine in Pomona, Calif., will retire July 1.
- James Guggenheimer, DDS, a professor emeritus of oral medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, died Jan. 27 at age 85.
- Cliff Hartmann, DDS, president of the Wisconsin Dental Association, and Eyad Bittar, DDS, spoke with TMJ4 News about a tooth polish that went viral on TikTok.
- J. Don Spillers Jr., DMD, was appointed to the Georgia Board of Dentistry.
- Three dentists spoke with Becker's about how the omicron surge is affecting their practices.