June 2016 - Insights

Paul Hoffmann with the dental school, second from left, along with Dr. Barbara Stark Baxter, founder, and Stephanie Bohan, executive director, during the ribbon cutting on June 25.

A grand opening celebration

Community-based training for dental students expands at Agape Clinic as operations quadruple in size Read More

Dental implants

Going beyond esthetics with this technology, a part of the dental landscape for decades. Read More

Linda Brock, program coordinator, stands in the clinic at the Center for Facial Pain and Sleep Medicine

Somewhere along the drive from Nebraska to Texas, the phone started ringing. Just a couple years prior, Linda Brock and her husband, Walter, had moved to Fullerton, Nebraska, to be closer to family following her mother’s death. Now it was ... Read More

Second time’s a charm

Attention on FAM20B reaches global scale with IADR award Read More

Class of 2006

Several members of the Class of 2006 returned to Texas A&M University College of Dentistry on June 10 for a campus tour. The gathering offered the opportunity for alumni to catch up with classmates, learn from dental school staff and ... Read More

Young Scientist Award for Ilyas

Accepting the position as a postdoctoral research associate in the lab of Dr. Venu Varanasi, assistant professor in biomedical sciences at Texas A&M University College of Dentistry, has proven a fruitful venture for Dr. Azhar Ilyas. In late May, Ilyas, ... Read More

Runners run through a tunnel created by people interlocking their hands.

Going the distance

There was a little something for everyone at the 2016 Miles for Smiles Runathon held June 11 at Exall Park in Dallas. In its eighth year, the partnership among Texas A&M University College of Dentistry students, predental students from several Dallas-Fort ... Read More

TAMBCD volunteers for Dental Home Day 2016 in San Antonio

Volunteerism supersedes ceremony for these grads

Commencement week is typically filled with a flurry of activity, visitors and awards ceremonies. For 11 graduates of the pediatric dentistry residency program at Texas A&M University College of Dentistry, the last week in May took on an entirely different ... Read More

Left to right: Dr. Peter Buschang, Dr. Lauren Van Gemert and Dr. Phillip Campbell with Van Gemert's research poster

AAO honors for orthodontic resident

Dr. Lauren Van Gemert, a 2016 graduate of the orthodontic residency program at the dental school, received national honors from the American Association of Orthodontists for research conducted during her advanced education. Van Gemert received second place in the Charley ... Read More

Miles for Smiles Runathon illustration depicting a tooth and toothbrush crossing a finish line.

Runathon with a twist

Lace up those running shoes, and get ready to … dance. On June 11, for the first time ever, the Miles for Smiles Runathon at Exall Park will offer participants an additional way to get moving for oral health. In ... Read More