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Screening for oral cancer: A step-by-step guide for dental hygienists
Dental hygienists are on the front lines in early diagnosis and treatment of oral cancer. With the rise of oral cancer related to HPV — human papilloma virus — it is even more important that dental professionals be vigilant in ...

Research Scholars Day 2018

Finding a way to help
From volunteering with international aid organizations to helping establish a dental clinic at her neighborhood mosque in Plano, this third-year dental student never comes up short on opportunities to make a difference through dentistry.

More curious findings in gene study, faculty member shares during AADR symposium
By the time its National Institutes of Health grant funding period commenced last spring, one Texas A&M College of Dentistry research team already had made an unexpected discovery: the presence of supernumerary teeth in animal models devoid of FAM20B, a ...

In pursuit of a cure for shingles pain
National Institutes of Health awards Texas A&M College of Dentistry researchers $1.25 million to explore post-herpetic neuralgia at the cellular level

Biomedical sciences team bids farewell to its resident ‘editor in chief’
Jeanne Santa Cruz retires after 28 years at the dental school

Family Day 2018
What happens when more than 100 families converge on Texas A&M College of Dentistry to tour the campus and experience firsthand what their loved ones are learning? This first-year dental student and his family share highlights of the experience.

What do German engineering and dental research have in common?
One prosthodontics graduate student’s research yields images of teeth like we’ve never seen before — and gleans a national award in the process.

A day in their scrubs
Meet D3 Twain Henry

Progress notes
Dr. Madhu “Matt” Nair on what makes for a great imaging center, the future of oral and maxillofacial radiology, and what it will take to get there

Our people
A few minutes with Marvin Vance

Triple sweep
Caruth dental hygiene students clinch state research competition