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  • Donna Moreno

    Our people

    A few minutes with Donna Moreno, dental dispensing technician Jump on the double elevators adjacent to the Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry atrium, and you’ll get a glimpse of the activity on each of the school’s eight floors. ...

  • Tony Brigmon talks to TAMBCD staff.

    Staff Development Day 2016

    Are we having fun yet? More than 150 staff members of Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry convened on Jan. 6 for the dental school’s annual Staff Development Day. A theme was evident throughout the event: Providing genuine customer ...

  • Award winner Haley Barnes, right, with Dr. Lynne Opperman. Not pictured: award winner Daniel Genthe.

    Supporting team science

    First round of awards given during Dec. 4 Biomaterials Interest Group meeting Team science has come to the fore as researchers look to innovative methods to create novel therapies for some of our country’s most pressing health concerns. The Biomaterials ...

  • Tony Brigmon

    Staff Development Day 2016

    Serious fun, serious results, with Tony Brigmon, former Southwest Airlines Ambassador of Fun For a professional development day unlike any other, staff members should mark their calendars for Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. As part of the day’s events, which will ...

  • TAMBCD students, faculty and staff get refreshments during Dean's Holiday Coffee Break 2011

    Dean’s Holiday Coffee Break

    The weather may feel closer to summer than winter, but at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, the atmosphere will be positively festive during the 2015 Dean’s Holiday Coffee Break, an annual tradition. Students, faculty and staff are invited ...

  • Scott Frederick

    From analog to digital, and everything in between

    After 30 years, Frederick retires from TAMBCD When Scott Frederick joined the dental school staff as an audiovisual production specialist in December 1984, the creation of 35 mm slide programs with narration was his forte. Needless to say, not a ...

  • Chili Cook-Off winners, left to right: Pat Matulis, Angela Hickman and Claudia Rubalcado

    Cooking for a cause

    Chili generates cash for St. Jude’s The Oct. 23 Chili Cook-Off at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, a part of the 2015 State Employee Charitable Campaign, raised $1,018.50. Pat Matulis, lead office associate in the Office of Student ...

  • An illustration of a person holding a hand over the mouth

    White spot lesions

    How do you get orthodontists to research — let alone talk about — this taboo topic? Appeal to their sense of loyalty and form an alumni practice-based research network, of course. Something started to shift in 1982. That was the ...

  • Dr. Lynne Opperman in the Baylor Health Sciences Library in Dallas

    Regents Professor designation for Opperman

    Dr. Lynne Opperman was awarded the title of Regents Professor by the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents during its Nov. 12 meeting. Throughout her career, Opperman, a member of the biomedical sciences faculty since 1997, has maintained leadership ...

  • Mouthwash

    The alarming relationship between eating disorders and acid erosion

    One TAMBCD alumna has developed a neutralizing mouthwash to help an underdiagnosed — and often undertreated — patient population. A chance referral 25 years ago forever changed the course of Dr. Mojdeh Dehghan’s career. The new dentist had moved from ...

  • Oral Lichen Planus Webcast Nov 18-2015

    Oral Lichen Planus Support Group to feature Dr. Stephen Challacombe

    International experts will weigh in on the effectiveness of treatments for lichen planus during Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry’s International Oral Lichen Planus Support Group Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 2 p.m. CST. The online support group will feature ...

  • Dr. Colin Bell

    Dr. Colin Bell, Class of 1979, 1984

    On Oct. 3, Dr. Colin Bell was inducted as president of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, which oversees the certification of specialists in oral and maxillofacial surgery. The leadership role marks Bell’s seventh year on the eight-member ...