Year: 2016
AAOM Fellow status for periodontics faculty member
Dr. Nancy Burkhart, adjunct associate professor in periodontics, was recently awarded status as an affiliate fellow of the American Academy of Oral Medicine. Burkhart, the founder and co-host of the International Oral Lichen Planus Support Group, along with Dr. Terry ... Read More
Teachers of the Year 2016
The 2016 recipients of the Dental and Dental Hygiene Teacher of the Year awards include a three-time honoree and a biochemist passionate about taking the “pain” out of a subject matter often considered a challenging rite of passage in the ... Read More
A day in their scrubs
There was a time when Ines Quintanilla’s dream of becoming a pediatric dentist nearly escaped him. The first in his immediate and extended family to attend college, he was riding high on the wave of academic achievement upon admission to ... Read More
Smiles we remember
If there is one thing in common among all three decades’ worth of residents who studied under Dr. Sterling “Bob” Schow, it’s consistency. “Out of the 30 years of people he trained, I could walk into an OR with anyone ... Read More
California sun — and scholarship contributions — for this dental hygiene class reunion
The Caruth School of Dental Hygiene Class of 1968 is at it again. Twelve alumni gathered in Irvine, California, for a class reunion on April 12. The destination: the home of ’68 classmate Betty Ferraro and her husband, Dr. Ken ... Read More
Revolutionizing the root canal
Dental pulp regeneration is the end goal of this $1.8 million NIH grant awarded to TAMBCD researchers More than 15 million root canals are performed in the U.S. every year. The underlying reasons are many and varied: deep decay, trauma, ... Read More
Giving — and receiving — recognition when it is due
National honors for Campbell Dr. Phillip Campbell has spent decades as a cheerleader for orthodontics at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, championing the work of countless residents, faculty and alumni and ensuring that recognition is given when recognition ... Read More
2016 Distinguished Alumnus
The award goes to Houston-area dentist Dr. Tommy Harrison ’79 For more than 30 years, Dr. Thomas “Tommy” Harrison has maintained a thriving practice while contributing to all levels of organized dentistry. This dedication, not only to his patients but ... Read More
Building momentum
Not just one — but two — awards for college’s emerging ADEA chapter Just three years ago, a small band of students teamed up to create an American Dental Education Association chapter at the dental school. With ADEA chapters at ... Read More
Fourth Annual Linda Niessen Geriatric Dentistry Symposium
An interdisciplinary approach to improve oral care Within the next 15 years, 1 in 5 U.S. residents will be 65 years or older. Just as the effects of aging are not limited to one discipline within medicine, the same is ... Read More