Texas A&M College of Dentistry

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Dental student elected to ADEA regional leadership role

One of the primary goals: Help local chapters increase participation, interest in dental education. Less than two years after dental students at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry started a local chapter of the American Dental Education Association, a ... Read More

11th Annual Jesse T. Bullard Lectureship in Prosthodontics to feature Mayo Clinic speaker

Dr. Steven Eckert, program director for prosthodontics at the Mayo Graduate School and professor emeritus at the Mayo Medical School, will discuss issues related to the future of implant dentistry during the 11th Annual Jesse T. Bullard Lectureship in Prosthodontics and ... Read More

The first group of Implant Continuum participants completed the course on March 7. This is a group shot of all the participants.

First dental implant continuum comes to completion, plans in the works for fall course

The first 12-day Implant Continuum, a 110-hour continuing education course presented in four modules over six months, was recently offered at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry. The continuum is the only one of its kind in the U.S. ... Read More

Cole professorship funding complete

The first item on the list: Integration of CAD/CAM technology for TAMBCD’s preclinical curriculum Computer-aided design and manufacturing, commonly referred to as CAD/CAM, has transformed the accessibility of efficient, precise dental restorations. A CAD/CAM unit can, in conjunction with a ... Read More

Leigh Ann Wyatt, program director, Caruth School of Dental Hygiene

Dental hygiene faculty member talks social media during ADEA presentation

Leigh Ann Wyatt, assistant professor of dental hygiene, was one of 15 presenters to give a 5-minute talk during the Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies and Informatics Short Talks series, a session offered during the American Dental Education Association ... Read More

First-year dental hygiene student Briana Bonney with the book "Born to Run"

A day in their scrubs

Meet first-year dental hygiene student Briana Bonney. But you can call her Breezy. After attending a couple meetings of the Dallas Dental Hygienists’ Society, “Breezy” Briana Bonney knew what she had to do. The Texas Dental Hygienists’ Association had an ... Read More

Dr. Stephen Parel

Former TAMBCD professor, CMP director, receives Nobel Biocare award

The Academy of Osseointegration awarded Dr. Stephen Parel the eighth Nobel Biocare Brånemark Osseointegration Award on March 12. Parel, who was a professor at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry from 1998 to 2008, serving as director of the ... Read More

People run in a field.

Step into spring with health and wellness initiative

The Resource Team at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry will host a kickoff on March 17 for its “Stepping into Spring” initiative. This competition, which requires participants to track their steps with a pedometer from March 23 to ... Read More

Factors such as disability, gender, income, race, geographic location, language and education all affect oral health care. This ripped piece of paper with these factors serves as an illustration for this public health concern.

Center of Excellence Conference 2015

There is no question that a health care gap exists in the U.S., but what exactly determines effective ways to deal with oral health disparities? During the March 28 Center of Excellence Conference at Texas A&M University Baylor College of ... Read More

Students and residents share their posters with faculty and peers during the 2014 TAMBCD Research Scholars Day.

TAMBCD now taking submissions for 42nd Annual Research Scholars Day

Interested in presenting your research, clinical case, table clinic or critically appraised topic? Abstracts may now be submitted for the 42nd Annual Research Scholars Day at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, which will be April 1. The following groups ... Read More