Year: 2014
Reliability and applicability of 3-D measurements of posterior teeth
To obtain an accurate diagnosis, orthodontists who treat malocclusions — improper bites — rely on precise measurements, often including 3-D imaging techniques. These measurements provide information that is necessary to determine an effective treatment plan. In this study, conducted in ... Read More
A day in their scrubs
When second-year dental hygiene student Kelsey Mahoney isn’t coaching patients in the clinic, you can find her courtside. Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas Undergrad institution: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Dental hygiene school survival strategy: If you get too far ahead ... Read More
A better option
A partnership between Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry and Baylor Health Care System is shifting patients out of the emergency room for dental-related pain and into the care of fourth-year dental students. On Aug. 18, TAMBCD dental students ... Read More
Videoscope-assisted minimally invasive periodontal surgery (V-MIS)
Citation: Harrel S, Abraham C, Rivera-Hidalgo F, Shulman J, Nunn M. Videoscope-assisted minimally invasive periodontal surgery (V-MIS). Journal of Clinical Periodontology 2014 September; 41(9):900-907. Read More
Breaking the cycle
Tobacco cessation training helps dental students coach patients to quit. [...] Read More
Going to extremes
Wanted: adventurous dental students seeking training opportunities in rural — and sometimes forbidding — locations. No roads lead into Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost city in the U.S., an outpost on the frozen tundra that clings to the edge of the ... Read More
Sharper image
New radiology residency will feature interprofessional training with A&M College of Medicine. [...] Read More
An institution in her own right
Jan Steele has worked at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry longer than any other employee on record. The question on every colleague’s lips: What will the dental school do without her? Every periodontist who has completed the specialty’s ... Read More
Healthy teeth for kids
3 pointers every parent should know [...] Read More
Taylor completes academic leadership course
Dr. Reginald Taylor, director of predoctoral orthodontics, recently completed the Chairs and Academic Administrators Management Program. Taylor was among 55 attendees from across the U.S. and abroad who attended this interprofessional program, which is geared toward department chairs and academic ... Read More