Year: 2016
Oral Cancer Foundation 5K Walk/Run
Spreading awareness in effort to save lives There’s a hard truth about oral and oropharyngeal cancers, which are expected to prompt an estimated 48,250 new diagnoses in 2016. While these cancers have an 80 to 90 percent survival rate when ... Read More
Jesse T. Bullard Conference: Full Digital Approach to Implant-Prosthodontics
As use of technology increases, new workflows are needed The number of treatment options within prosthodontics has expanded, thanks to the addition of technologies such as intraoral scanning and cone beam CT scans. But to achieve a fully digital approach ... Read More
Care vs. Commerce topic for 2016 Morris Minton Lectureship
Placing the needs of patients ahead of personal interests will be the focus of the 2016 Morris Minton Lectureship hosted by the Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry Faculty Development Committee on Tuesday, April 12. Dr. Phyllis Beemsterboer, professor ... Read More
Research Scholars Day: A student perspective
Research Scholars Day has been a tradition at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry for 43 years. We caught up with a few dental and dental hygiene student researchers as they shared their posters and table clinics during the ... Read More
Coming full circle
This former multi-year pre-dental summer program participant went on to graduate from TAMBCD in 2012. Now she’s returned to her alma mater to teach potential dental students in the same programs that launched her own professional path. Dr. Alicia Spence ... Read More
Guys and gums
The surprising correlation among macaques, testosterone and men’s oral health Macaques are the most widely distributed nonhuman primates in the world. More than 20 species of these monkeys socialize in lively troops and make frequent appearances on National Geographic documentaries. ... Read More
After more than 15 years, Karbowski retires from TAMBCD
Barbara Karbowski, executive assistant in the Office of Academic Affairs, has a good reason for giving up her office space: the freedom of retirement. Her last day at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry is March 31. “It has ... Read More
Smiles we remember: Dr. Hershall Leinneweber Jr.
“There’s a person attached to those teeth. Always remember that,” Dr. Hershall Leinneweber Jr. would tell his dental students at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, gently guiding them in honing their chairside manners. Leinneweber, a 1970 TAMBCD graduate ... Read More
A new use for an existing material
TAMBCD professor receives Academy of Osseointegration honors for clinical innovation One of Dr. Amirali Zandinejad’s favorite aspects of dental education is the opportunity it gives him to think out of the box, especially when it comes to research. It’s what ... Read More
Replacing missing teeth: a new approach
TAMBCD researchers are conducting a clinical study to gather data for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on a new tooth replacement system. Ann Smith* is the last person you’d expect to volunteer for a dental research study. She has ... Read More