Texas A&M College of Dentistry

Dr. Nancy Burkhart

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

Dr. Sterling Schow

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

Members of the Caruth Class of 1968 on a beach in California

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

Dr. Xiaohua Liu

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

Dr. Phillip M. Campbell

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

Dr. Thomas Harrisona

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

ADEA Chapter President Mehrad Sadeghpour and Vice President Michael Khalili-Tehrani

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

Senior Couple Walking

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