UNC Adams School of Dentistry Periodontology Program

08/21/2026

Today the majority of our residents spent the day at LifeNet Health, a non-profit biotech company, tissue bank, and global leader in regenerative medicine and life sciences, located in Virginia Beach.

08/17/2026

Congratulations to DDS '28 student Andrew Ratz, a mentee of Dr. Julie Marchesan, for his recent accomplishments!

-- DDS Short-Term Research Fellowship
(Project title: IL-18 Treatment Prevents Periodontal Inflammation and Bone Resorption)
--Selected to represent the ASOD in the Hinman Student Research Symposium at the College of Dentistry, University of Tennessee
--Selected for the UNC-ADEA Academic Dental Careers Fellowship Program AY 2026-27

08/12/2026

Dr. Susin leading a suture lab yesterday as part of basecamp for Perio and Prosth first years. 👇

08/11/2026

Just a few photos from our third years attending the AAP Resident Retreat (ARRive) in San Antonio, Texas this past weekend.

First photo: Drs. Maya Fedhila, Megan Blackstock, and Christine Sulzer with the former and current AAP presidents, Drs. Mia Geisinger and Ana Becil Giglio.

08/01/2026

Our Perio residents knocking out their ACLS/BLS training earlier this afternoon...

07/30/2026

We're so thankful to Drs. Kretcher and Stella for their generous gift to the school and their support of our Perio program.

Through a $100,000 gift, Dr. Mike Kretchmer and Dr. Mike Stella have endowed a fellowship for periodontal residents at the UNC Adams School of Dentistry.

07/07/2026

Please join us in welcoming some of our newest Grad Perio staff members! We are so grateful to have several administrative front desk support to help us out, as well as a new Med Tech in our clinic.
Med Tech: Emily Kretchmer
Front Desk Support: Abisai Lujan, Emma Strickland (not pictured)

07/01/2026

We welcomed in our newest residents this morning!

From left to right, with program director, Dr. Cristiano Susin:
Fay Amiri, DDS, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Jenny Zhao, DDS, University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio
Anjali Mistry, DDS, UNC ASOD
Skylar McGaughey, DDS, UNC ASOD

06/26/2026

Along with our third years, today is also the last day for Lesly Gomez, one of our dental assistants. 🥹 She'll be starting dental school this fall.
We'll miss you, Lesly, and wish you all the luck with dental school!

06/26/2026

Continuing the celebration...

Last but not least, today we highlight graduating resident, Jaclyn Smollett, DMD, MS.

Help us wish our graduates all the best!!