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CAD/CAM before clinic
Dental students are using this technology as early as their D2 year, thanks in part to a gift from the Texas A&M Association of Former Students The use of CAD/CAM technology (computer-aided design and manufacturing) has been a part of ...
Fundraising for the future
Q&A with Melissa Ogden, TAMBCD's director of development This Dallas native started her career in New Orleans at her own alma mater, Tulane University. Schlepping hundreds of pounds of crawfish on her cross-country flights as alumni affairs coordinator just came ...
Glickman chosen for American Board of Endodontics’ College of Diplomates leadership role
Dr. Gerald Glickman recently was selected as a director for the College of Diplomates of the American Board of Endodontics. He is one of four individuals to serve in this role for the College of Diplomates, which was established in ...
TAMBCD faculty among presenters at International Anaplastology Association conference
There will be more than one familiar face in the lineup of presenters for the International Anaplastology Association 30th Annual Educational Conference coming up June 1-4. The meeting, taking place in Fort Worth, Texas, features speakers from across multiple disciplines ...
Oral Cancer Foundation 5K Walk/Run
Spreading awareness in effort to save lives There’s a hard truth about oral and oropharyngeal cancers, which are expected to prompt an estimated 48,250 new diagnoses in 2016. While these cancers have an 80 to 90 percent survival rate when ...
Jesse T. Bullard Conference: Full Digital Approach to Implant-Prosthodontics
As use of technology increases, new workflows are needed The number of treatment options within prosthodontics has expanded, thanks to the addition of technologies such as intraoral scanning and cone beam CT scans. But to achieve a fully digital approach ...
Care vs. Commerce topic for 2016 Morris Minton Lectureship
Placing the needs of patients ahead of personal interests will be the focus of the 2016 Morris Minton Lectureship hosted by the Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry Faculty Development Committee on Tuesday, April 12. Dr. Phyllis Beemsterboer, professor ...
Research Scholars Day: A student perspective
Research Scholars Day has been a tradition at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry for 43 years. We caught up with a few dental and dental hygiene student researchers as they shared their posters and table clinics during the ...
Coming full circle
This former multi-year pre-dental summer program participant went on to graduate from TAMBCD in 2012. Now she’s returned to her alma mater to teach potential dental students in the same programs that launched her own professional path. Dr. Alicia Spence ...
Guys and gums
The surprising correlation among macaques, testosterone and men’s oral health Macaques are the most widely distributed nonhuman primates in the world. More than 20 species of these monkeys socialize in lively troops and make frequent appearances on National Geographic documentaries. ...
After more than 15 years, Karbowski retires from TAMBCD
Barbara Karbowski, executive assistant in the Office of Academic Affairs, has a good reason for giving up her office space: the freedom of retirement. Her last day at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry is March 31. “It has ...
Smiles we remember: Dr. Hershall Leinneweber Jr.
“There’s a person attached to those teeth. Always remember that,” Dr. Hershall Leinneweber Jr. would tell his dental students at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, gently guiding them in honing their chairside manners. Leinneweber, a 1970 TAMBCD graduate ...