Alumni Impact
Specialty delivery
Dr. Collin Bell is honored with the Presidential Achievement Award in oral and maxillofacial surgery. [...] Read More
Madam President
The number of women in orthodontics has multiplied over the past several decades. Now this 1984 alumna and AAO president offers her take on the specialty’s evolving demographics. [...] Read More
Master class
Three alumni have collectively amassed more than 6,000 continuing education hours. Can it really be done? The Texas Academy of General Dentistry has an award for occasions such as this. The Mastership — given when an academy member accrues 1,100 ... Read More
The oral surgeon who would be (rodeo) king
This cowboy and 1978 alumnus ropes, rides and cuts. One of Dr. Jerry Merrell’s first steer-roping ventures wasn’t exactly what you would call successful. It happened during this 1978 alumnus’ high school days in Quitaque, Texas, a farming town of ... Read More
Roscoe goes to the dentist
Seems this lovable bundle of fur needs some orthodontic attention. One of Roscoe’s lower canines is forcing itself through the soft tissue of his palate instead of lodging between two upper teeth where it belongs. Luckily he has an inside ... Read More
Seidler noted for humanitarianism
Dr. Kevin Seidler ’78 fills an 80-hour workweek; more than half that time is spent on something other than patient care at his office in The Colony, Texas. He devotes many hours to his labor of love as president and ... Read More
A gift that changed a life
Jessie Strauch-Steele’s story begins with a devastating auto accident in New Mexico. The year was 1969, she was 18, and she had just broken every bone in her face and lost eight upper teeth after being thrown through the car ... Read More
Seventeen is a magic number
Ask Dr. Ritu Rao ’03 about the inspiration for her Bizzy Tooth Mommy blog, and she may say it comes at nap time. Not hers. Her kids’. That’s because this busy mom and practicing dentist knows how to snag time ... Read More
Hygiene graduate spawns family legacy
Jean Riddle Moore, member of the Caruth School of Dental Hygiene’s first graduating class, is a woman with stories even more remarkable than her distinctive moniker. The 1957 graduate, now 80 years old, is revered by the Mount Pleasant, Texas, ... Read More
A dental tradition
Dr. Kelly Martinez Owen ’12, a resident in orthodontics, comes from a long line of Hispanic dentists. Her mother, Dr. Sylvia N. Martinez, is a dentist, and her grandfather, Dr. R.A. Navarro, was a dentist. That’s why receiving the $5,000 ... Read More