Year: 2013
Corporate gift funds new implant training program
Just a few months into the new postgraduate surgical implant training program at A&M Baylor College of Dentistry, coordinator Dr. William Nagy is enthusiastic about its progress. “There’s no other program like it in the country,” says Nagy, professor in ... Read More
Ceen’s career celebrated through new fund
Dr. Richard F. Ceen, recently retired professor and program director of graduate orthodontics, is being honored by the establishment of a new endowment fund in his name to enhance excellence for the graduate orthodontic program. The Richard F. Ceen Endowment ... Read More
Seidler noted for humanitarianism
Dr. Kevin Seidler ’78 fills an 80-hour workweek; more than half that time is spent on something other than patient care at his office in The Colony, Texas. He devotes many hours to his labor of love as president and ... Read More
A gift that changed a life
Jessie Strauch-Steele’s story begins with a devastating auto accident in New Mexico. The year was 1969, she was 18, and she had just broken every bone in her face and lost eight upper teeth after being thrown through the car ... Read More
Seventeen is a magic number
Ask Dr. Ritu Rao ’03 about the inspiration for her Bizzy Tooth Mommy blog, and she may say it comes at nap time. Not hers. Her kids’. That’s because this busy mom and practicing dentist knows how to snag time ... Read More
Hygiene graduate spawns family legacy
Jean Riddle Moore, member of the Caruth School of Dental Hygiene’s first graduating class, is a woman with stories even more remarkable than her distinctive moniker. The 1957 graduate, now 80 years old, is revered by the Mount Pleasant, Texas, ... Read More
A dental tradition
Dr. Kelly Martinez Owen ’12, a resident in orthodontics, comes from a long line of Hispanic dentists. Her mother, Dr. Sylvia N. Martinez, is a dentist, and her grandfather, Dr. R.A. Navarro, was a dentist. That’s why receiving the $5,000 ... Read More
NIH grants fund TMJ research
A&M Baylor College of Dentistry’s Department of Biomedical Sciences has landed a $1.5 million National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research R01 grant for its study on estrogen and temporomandibular joint pain. Co-principal investigator Dr. Larry Bellinger, Regents Professor and ... Read More
Dechow heads biomedical sciences
On Oct. 1, 2012, Dr. Paul C. Dechow became the new chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences at A&M Baylor College of Dentistry. Dechow has served the department as vice chair since 2009 and was director of the graduate ... Read More
New name, new alliance
As the calendar flipped to January 2013, exterior signage pronounced our dental school’s new name: Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry. A new licensing agreement signed by Baylor University and The Texas A&M University System in December 2012 prompted ... Read More