Texas A&M College of Dentistry

North Texas Giving Day 2016

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North Texas Giving Day is Sept. 22, 2016

North Texas Giving Day 2016

Making a difference has never been easier Read More

Dr. Janice DeWald during the Sept. 9 Caruth Luncheon

Voice of dental hygiene

Colleagues describe her as the matriarch of the department, a constant ally for Caruth students and team members alike. After more than 30 years on the college faculty, this director is now a retiree. Read More

Flu vaccine inforgraphic

Free flu vaccines available to staff and faculty starting Oct. 5

Each year, approximately 20 percent of Americans get the flu. Faculty and staff at Texas A&M College of Dentistry can avoid being part of that statistic by getting a flu shot, available on campus at no cost starting this October. ... Read More

The Challenge Coin, like this one, above, is awarded each year during the Graduate Prosthodontics Annual Recognition Dinner.

Two sides to every coin

Recognizing achievements, sharing mementos, a part of annual prosthodontic event Read More

Babies of the Class of 2016

Babies of the Class of 2016

Between clinic requirements, coursework, lab fundamentals and board exam preparation, dental school is like a full-time job — and then some. In the midst of it all, a number of students add parenthood to the mix of responsibilities. The end ... Read More

Dr. Ibtisam Al-Hashimi

From start to finish, Al-Hashimi’s career rooted to the study of saliva 

For a quarter century, Dr. Ibtisam Al-Hashimi has relished her role as the self-described “Spit Doctor” of Texas A&M University College of Dentistry. Not long after joining the faculty, Al-Hashimi formed the dental school’s Salivary Dysfunction Clinic in 1991 — ... Read More

Dr. Lawrence Wolinsky, dental school dean

Resource Team Forum with Dean Wolinsky

Texas A&M University College of Dentistry staff members are invited to a forum with Dean Lawrence Wolinsky, to get the latest on college initiatives such as: building progress; Wellness Release time; Resource Team accomplishments; and other updates. During the forum, ... Read More

Linda Brock, program coordinator, stands in the clinic at the Center for Facial Pain and Sleep Medicine

Our people

Somewhere along the drive from Nebraska to Texas, the phone started ringing. Just a couple years prior, Linda Brock and her husband, Walter, had moved to Fullerton, Nebraska, to be closer to family following her mother’s death. Now it was ... 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