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Taking clinics to the next level
The construction boom is not unique to north Texas or its dental school. Among 76 dental schools in the U.S. and Canada, at least eight are currently building or planning significant projects, and another three completed a major project in ...

If you build it
Construction and curriculum evolve in tandem

The Way I See It: Laurie Inglis, ’02
Consider this column a virtual office water cooler, a forum for our alumni to offer a glimpse of life as they see it. Whether these insights come at the outset or end of a career or somewhere in between, they might just spark some inspiration for the rest of us.

Jump start
Three Caruth students explored just why automated external defibrillators aren’t in every dental office, and why patients and providers could benefit if they were. Then they won a national award for their research.

Endowed chair to honor Rees, advance stomatology
The importance of Texas A&M College of Dentistry’s Stomatology Center is not lost on patient Everett Lee, who received a stem cell transplant in 2002 to fight leukemia. “I developed various graft vs. host disease side effects, and my transplant ...

Domino effect
A desire to gain knowledge — and share it — lured this dental hygiene professional into the world of academics. It also could be one reason he won the ADHA Educator of the Year Award just three years into his teaching career.

College hosts international dental competition
It doesn’t matter how many times you practice. Or how well you think you’ve planned everything you’ll say. When you walk in that clinic, it all gets thrown out the window. Adjusting to a new environment was the hardest part ...

Why choose Texas A&M College of Dentistry?
Four dental students share their stories

Dr. Drew Vanderbrook, Class of 2012
The Texas Academy of General Dentistry awarded Dr. Drew Vanderbrook its Fellowship Award during a convocation ceremony on June 9. The recognition is for completing 500 hours of continuing dental education, passing a written exam and fulfilling three years of ...

The Way I See It: Dr. J.A. “Bob” Dewberry ’47
Consider this column a virtual office water cooler, a forum for our alumni to offer a glimpse of life as they see it. Whether these insights come at the outset or end of a career or somewhere in between, they might just spark some inspiration for the rest of us.

The road less traveled
Dr. Peter Buschang has spent most of his career elevating the research of orthodontic graduates. Thirty years and more than 300 published papers later, he’s being honored with a lifetime achievement award.

Dr. Larry Tadlock, Class of 1984
For nearly a decade, Dr. Larry Tadlock has maintained a close connection to his specialty’s certifying entity as a director on the American Board of Orthodontics. On May 7, that role grew as Tadlock was installed as 2018-2019 ABO president. ...