On Campus
Dental problem, dental solution
Texas schools have teamed up to create a standardized course for the treatment of sleep-related breathing disorders. On June 11, after more than two years of hearings, proposals and discussions, a new rule regarding how Texas dentists may diagnose and ... Read More
A day in their scrubs
When second-year dental hygiene student Kelsey Mahoney isn’t coaching patients in the clinic, you can find her courtside. Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas Undergrad institution: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Dental hygiene school survival strategy: If you get too far ahead ... Read More
Breaking the cycle
Tobacco cessation training helps dental students coach patients to quit. [...] Read More
Sharper image
New radiology residency will feature interprofessional training with A&M College of Medicine. [...] Read More
An institution in her own right
Jan Steele has worked at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry longer than any other employee on record. The question on every colleague’s lips: What will the dental school do without her? Every periodontist who has completed the specialty’s ... Read More
Taylor completes academic leadership course
Dr. Reginald Taylor, director of predoctoral orthodontics, recently completed the Chairs and Academic Administrators Management Program. Taylor was among 55 attendees from across the U.S. and abroad who attended this interprofessional program, which is geared toward department chairs and academic ... Read More
A day in their scrubs
This fourth-year dental student shares her theory on what happens to all those delectable treats she receives from her most devoted patient. Read More
Dr. Ronald Woody receives emeritus title
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents recently awarded Dr. Ronald Woody professor emeritus status for his contributions to the college’s restorative sciences department. Woody retired in 2013 after 30 years at the dental school, two decades of which ... Read More
Research associate wins award, will present at International Bone & Mineral Society meeting
Dr. Yan Jing, postdoctoral research associate in Dr. Jian Feng’s lab, is the 2014 recipient of the Osteoarthritis Award for the International Bone & Mineral Society. As the award winner, Jing will present a poster, titled, “Defective Chondrocytes are Directly ... Read More
Crump installed as president of Southwest Society of Periodontists
Dr. Brad Crump, clinical assistant professor in periodontics, was installed as president of the Southwest Society of Periodontists on July 26, during the organization’s summer meeting in San Antonio. The society consists of periodontists from Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Colorado ... Read More