Faculty and Staff
Progress notes
Dr. Robert G. Triplett, Regents Professor in oral and maxillofacial surgery, recently received the Robert V. Walker Distinguished Service Award from the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. For Triplett, the award is even more meaningful and humbling because ... Read More
Our People
For years, website administrator Art Upton has worked behind the scenes, building and updating the school’s public-facing website and local intranet. Now, with retirement just weeks away, Upton sat down for a rare 60-minute break to traverse back through the decades. Read More
Lifetime achievement
Dr. Carolyn Primus, adjunct professor in endodontics at Texas A&M College of Dentistry, has received the inaugural Larry L. Hench Lifetime Achievement Award for innovation and translation from the American Ceramic Society’s Bioceramics Division. The award, which was presented during ... Read More
Dechow named AADR Fellow
Dr. Paul C. Dechow, associate dean for academic affairs, has been named a 2020 American Association for Dental Research Fellow. The AADR Fellows Program recognizes active members who have significantly contributed to the organization and their field, and who also ... Read More
Setting lofty goals
Dr. Likith V. Reddy was recently named department head of oral and maxillofacial surgery at Texas A&M College of Dentistry. Read More
Teaching anywhere, anytime
Welcome to the new norm of continuing education. These at-all-hours presentations have become a reality for several Texas A&M College of Dentistry faculty members in this age of COVID-19. Read More
A new beginning
Retirement is a new segue for Dr. Larry Bellinger, whose impactful career leaves ripples of influence on Texas A&M College of Dentistry. He is a force in research, noteworthy as the world’s leading expert on the role of the dorsomedial ... Read More
Allies for all
As educators and advocates, Dr. Matthew Kesterke and Dr. Faizan Kabani feel obligated to address LGBTIQ+ health disparities in the classroom, community and beyond. In 2018, Kabani and Kesterke joined forces to research and advocate for a new interprofessional LGBTIQ+ ... Read More
Progress notes
Periodontics professor Jacqueline “Jacque” Plemons ’86 ’88 was recently named director of stomatology in the Clinical Center for Stomatology, Department of Periodontics at Texas A&M College of Dentistry. Read More
Dental Teacher of the Year
Encouragement and a team-focused approach to clinical instruction have caught Dr. Bernard Hennessy’s students’ attention. Qualities like these prompted students to select him as Dental Teacher of the Year. Read More