Texas A&M College of Dentistry

Dr. Chad Capps '08, '14

Alum’s research leads to award, grant for orthodontic department

During his time as a resident in the Graduate Orthodontic Program at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, Dr. Chad Capps was well aware that expansion, a common treatment method that widens the upper jaw, was linked to what ... Read More

Dr. Michael Stuart, Class of 1986

Dr. Michael Stuart, an alumnus of the Class of 1986, passed away Feb. 18 after a dental career spanning nearly 30 years. Shortly after graduating from Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, Stuart opened his practice, Stone Canyon Dental, ... Read More

Students and residents share their posters with faculty and peers during the 2014 TAMBCD Research Scholars Day.

TAMBCD now taking submissions for 42nd Annual Research Scholars Day

Interested in presenting your research, clinical case, table clinic or critically appraised topic? Abstracts may now be submitted for the 42nd Annual Research Scholars Day at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, which will be April 1. The following groups ... Read More

Second-year team members of Caruth's winning "College Bowl" National Board Preparation Competition team.

Caruth dental hygiene students earn honors during annual meeting

Recognition was in store for several students during the Texas Dental Hygienists’ Association-Student American Dental Hygienists’ Association annual meeting. Approximately 32 students from the Caruth School of Dental Hygiene at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry attended the Feb. ... Read More

Verma’s talk on 3-D navigational surgery gleans international media attention

Suzanne Verma, anaplastologist and assistant professor in oral and maxillofacial surgery at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, spoke to a national audience Feb. 13 regarding facial prosthetic reconstruction and accompanying planning for 3-D navigational surgery of the head ... Read More

Fisch receives BJ Long scholarship

Jordin Fisch, a second-year student in the Caruth School of Dental Hygiene at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, received the BJ Long Memorial Scholarship on Feb. 12. Members of the Dallas Dental Hygienists’ Society determine the recipient of ... Read More

Dr. John Wright, chair of diagnostic sciences at TAMBCD

Chair of diagnostic sciences guest edits head and neck pathology publication

Dr. John Wright, Regents Professor and chair of diagnostic sciences, guest-edited the December 2014 edition of Head and Neck Pathology along with Dr. Angela Chi, also a dentist and oral pathologist. A number of subject-matter experts from around the world ... Read More

Students treat patients at Give Kids a Smile.

Second student-run Give Kids a Smile event in the works, complete with follow-up care referrals

Give Kids a Smile, a tradition more than a decade in the making, rallies public and private dental practices, dental schools and dental professional organizations nationwide to provide free oral health services to children in need. On Feb. 28, TAMBCD ... Read More

Dr. H. Edward Bridgeman, Class of 1967

Dr. H. Edward Bridgeman, 1967 dental alumnus, told the story of lucky bullets and decades of dental practice to his undergraduate alumni publication at Baylor University. After 47 years of practice, first in Plano, Texas, and then in Colorado Springs ... Read More

Dr. Jerry Feng in the lab at TAMBCD's biomedical sciences building

New findings could revolutionize dogma on bone formation in the temporomandibular joint

Findings from researchers at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry could prove to upend previous dogma on bone formation in the temporomandibular joint. The current school of thought on bone formation in the mandibular condyle, the rounded knob where ... Read More