Year: 2014
Kerney Laday Scholarship for Miller
Clint Miller, a fourth-year dental student, received the Kerney Laday Scholarship, an award given to one recipient at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry each year. Read More
Dental problem, dental solution
Texas schools have teamed up to create a standardized course for the treatment of sleep-related breathing disorders. On June 11, after more than two years of hearings, proposals and discussions, a new rule regarding how Texas dentists may diagnose and ... Read More
Pam Waites Wade, Class of 1986
Pam Waites Wade retired from her position as professor of dental hygiene and freshman clinic coordinator at Tyler Junior College Department of Dental Hygiene on Aug. 31, 2013, after 42 years of teaching. Among those present to celebrate Wade’s retirement ... Read More
Dr. Jacqueline Plemons, Class of 1986, 1988
Dr. Jacqueline Plemons was recently named the Dallas County Dental Society 2014 Dentist of the Year for her invaluable service and contributions to organized dentistry. Plemons, a professor in periodontics, has been teaching at the dental school for more than ... Read More
Dr. Myron Guymon, Class of 1988, 1990
Dr. Myron Guymon, an orthodontist with offices in Logan and Hyrum, Utah, was elected to serve as the representative for the Rocky Mountain Society of Orthodontists on the Board of Trustees of the American Association of Orthodontists. Read More
Dr. Chad Allen, Class of 2004, 2007
Dr. Chad Allen received the Outstanding New Dentist Leader of the Year Award from the Texas Dental Association. Allen, who received a dental degree from Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry in 2004, followed by a certificate in prosthodontics ... Read More
Drs. Kim Self and Jonathan Oudin, Class of 2009, 2011
Drs. Kim Self and Jonathan Oudin welcomed a bundle of joy to their family with the birth of Elijah on May 6. He weighed 6 pounds 15 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. The family now lives in Eagle River, ... Read More
Dr. Despoina Bompalaki, Class of 2014
Dr. Despoina Bompolaki received the Dr. Robert Staffanou Memorial Prosthodontic Award. The honor, which includes a plaque and a cash award, is given annually to a third-year graduate prosthodontic resident to defray the costs of the American Board of Prosthodontics ... Read More
Follow-up oral care: the new normal for childhood cancer survivors
Today, because of advances in treatment, more than eight out of 10 children treated for cancer survive at least five years, most into adulthood. However, the same treatments that help these children survive can also cause immediate and late-term health ... Read More
Mandibular growth comparisons of Class I and Class II division 1 skeletofacial patterns
Orthodontists are concerned with the study and treatment of malocclusions — improper bites — that may be a result of tooth irregularity or disproportionate upper and lower jaw relationships. An understanding of facial growth and development, as well as bone ... Read More