Texas A&M College of Dentistry

Year: 2016

The Class of 2006 poses for a photo in the dental school's Atrium .

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

Dr. Azhar Ilyas

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

Dr. Larry Tadlock

Dr. Larry Tadlock, Class of 1984

Dr. Larry Tadlock, an alumnus and program director in orthodontics, was installed May 3 as secretary-treasurer of the American Board of Orthodontics. Tadlock, who earned his dental degree in 1984 from what was then Baylor College of Dentistry and his ... Read More

Moira Allen’s passion for footwear isn’t exactly a secret. A mere glance in her office reveals some subtle giveaways: shoe stickers on her file cabinet, a tape dispenser shaped like a shoe and — during the holidays — a stocking hung on her office door with care, glittery heel and all. In all those years of wearing heels, Allen — whose late husband had to convert a linen closet just to store the collection — can’t recall one mishap, stumble or fall. Her feet never get sore. And kitten heels; forget it. “I don’t like little teeny, tiny heels,” Allen says. “But I wonderfully love a good pair of shoes.”

Big shoes to fill

The music swells inside the Meyerson Symphony Center, and the graduates file in, filling the back entryways. They’re poised for their procession down the aisle, but for the moment, they remain rooted to their posts. At the front of this ... Read More

Dr. Reginald Taylor congratulates a student duriung commencement.

Progress notes

In the crimson-and-black regalia of Harvard School of Dental Medicine, his alma mater, Dr. Reginald Taylor can be seen situated behind the podium with the graduation stage party. In his 16 years as a faculty member in orthodontics at Texas ... Read More

A student smiles during commencement exercises.

What can you do to make a difference?

The atmosphere inside the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center was charged with anticipation the evening of May 26. Prior to commencement exercises for Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, family and friends filled the foyer of the Dallas performance ... Read More