College of Dentistry News

The University of Oklahoma today announced an historic $150 million gift from Harold Hamm, the largest single gift in university history, to lift the health of Oklahoma by advancing health education, research and discovery, strengthening the state’s health care workforce and accelerating the pursuit of breakthroughs against Oklahoma’s critical public health challenges.

For 46 years and counting, G. Frans Currier, D.D.S., M.S.D., M.Ed., has been a faculty member at the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry. This year, the American Association of Orthodontists recognized his service with a conference named in his honor and the opportunity to give a lecture to his fellow orthodontists from around the nation.

The University of Oklahoma today announced Project 200, a generational investment in research, talent and infrastructure designed to move Oklahoma forward by strengthening the health of its people, growing the state’s economy and expanding opportunity for the future.

On Saturday, the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry provided free cleanings, fillings and crowns to 109 children during the college’s annual Kids’ Day. The event was sponsored in part by the Delta Dental of Oklahoma Foundation and was held at the college in Oklahoma City. February is Children’s Oral Health Month.

GUYMON – As part of their mission to expand access to oral health care across Oklahoma, the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry and the Oklahoma Dental Foundation (ODF) have launched a mobile dental clinic in Guymon, offering services for patients of all ages. The clinic, a key program of ODF, is stationed in the parking area of Memorial Hospital of Texas County.