Loma Linda University School of Dentistry

09/08/2026

Still smiling from Friday’s Dedication Ceremony! 📸✨ Here are a few more special moments as our DDS Class of 2030 took their first official steps on this journey. Leave a comment below to congratulate our newest future dentists! 🦷💙

09/05/2026

What a milestone! The DDS Class of 2030 celebrated their dedication ceremony today, officially beginning their journey. Congratulations to these future dentists, and keep an eye out for more photos from the big day.

09/03/2026

Exploring their new stomping grounds! 📍 Incoming DDS Class of 2030 students took on the Discover Prince Hall Scavenger Hunt to get familiar with campus, labs, and clinics before classes kick off. Help us welcome our newest future dentists to LLUSD! 🎉💙

09/01/2026

Welcome to the team, Tanya! 🎉 We are thrilled to have Tanya Burke join us as a Dental Assistant in the Pediatric Dentistry Clinic. Please help us give her a warm welcome to the LLUSD family in the comments below! 🦷✨

08/28/2026

Community-based clinical rotations are transforming dental education across California! 🦷✨

In a recent California Dental Association update, Dr. Eun-Hwi Cho, associate dean at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, highlights how partnership sites like SAC Health Brier in San Bernardino are expanding access to care for vulnerable populations while giving students hands-on experience with diverse community health needs.

Read how state-funded rotation partnerships are making a difference across all California dental schools:

Read what program directors and dental school deans have to say about the success of the community-based clinical education rotations and the "transformative experience" they offer students.

08/25/2026

Start your journey toward dental hygiene! Learn how LLU’s Health Science AS Degree builds your foundation and sets you up for success.

08/24/2026

Celebrating research excellence! 📚✨

Please join us in congratulating our faculty on their recent publication in the Journal of Endodontics! Their study, titled "Impact of Maxillary Sinus Mucosal Thickening on Endodontic Outcomes: A Retrospective Cone-beam Computed Tomographic Cohort Study," explores whether sinus mucosal thickening influences endodontic treatment outcomes and highlights key radiographic predictors of healing.

Congratulations to authors Jeff Buizastrow, DDS, MSD; Gina D. Roque-Torres, DDS, MSc, PhD; Robert A. Handysides, DDS; Richard Gray, DDS; Udochukwu Oyoyo, MLS, MPH; Tory Silvestrin, DDS, MSD; and Dwight D. Rice, DDS! 🦷👏

Read the full publication here ⬇️
bit.ly/endoclin

08/19/2026

We love our patients! 💙 Thank you for choosing us for your care and for making our Patient Appreciation Week so special. Take a look at some of our favorite moments from the week! 🦷✨