Here are seven dental education updates including donations to dental schools, increased class sizes and more that Becker's has reported on since Sept. 22:
1. El Paso-based Hunt Dental School of Medicine at Texas Tech received a $50,000 donation from Marathon Petroleum.
2. Rootstown-based Northeast Ohio Medical University recently received a $10 million donation from two local physicians to establish a dental school.
3. The University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine launched a 14-month paid apprenticeship program for dental assistants to address workforce shortages.
4. The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry received a $3.2 million grant renewal from the National Institutes of Health to train more dental academicians.
5. The University of Pikeville (Ky.) appointed Pamela Sparks-Stein, DMD, dean of its upcoming College of Dental Health.
6. First-year dental school enrollment has increased 22 percent since the 2010-11 school year, according to data from the American Dental Association.
7. The Georgia School of Orthodontics was granted approval to expand enrollment to train more resident dentists at its two Atlanta campuses.