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The giver
Just seven years after Don Le's harrowing escape from Vietnam, a North Texas dental school decided to take a chance on the self-described "immigrant kid." Now the 1998 alumnus opens up about how dentistry has changed his life.
Resident-led meeting offers patient care philosophies, perspective beyond curriculum
An endodontic residency — like any in the oral health and medical professions — can be all encompassing. Dr. Robert Roda ’93, president of the American Association of Endodontists, refers to it as “living and breathing everything you can get ...
Alum’s research leads to award, grant for orthodontic department
During his time as a resident in the Graduate Orthodontic Program at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, Dr. Chad Capps was well aware that expansion, a common treatment method that widens the upper jaw, was linked to what ...
Dr. Michael Stuart, Class of 1986
Dr. Michael Stuart, an alumnus of the Class of 1986, passed away Feb. 18 after a dental career spanning nearly 30 years. Shortly after graduating from Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, Stuart opened his practice, Stone Canyon Dental, ...
TAMBCD now taking submissions for 42nd Annual Research Scholars Day
Interested in presenting your research, clinical case, table clinic or critically appraised topic? Abstracts may now be submitted for the 42nd Annual Research Scholars Day at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, which will be April 1. The following groups ...
Caruth dental hygiene students earn honors during annual meeting
Recognition was in store for several students during the Texas Dental Hygienists’ Association-Student American Dental Hygienists’ Association annual meeting. Approximately 32 students from the Caruth School of Dental Hygiene at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry attended the Feb. ...
Verma’s talk on 3-D navigational surgery gleans international media attention
Suzanne Verma, anaplastologist and assistant professor in oral and maxillofacial surgery at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, spoke to a national audience Feb. 13 regarding facial prosthetic reconstruction and accompanying planning for 3-D navigational surgery of the head ...
Fisch receives BJ Long scholarship
Jordin Fisch, a second-year student in the Caruth School of Dental Hygiene at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, received the BJ Long Memorial Scholarship on Feb. 12. Members of the Dallas Dental Hygienists’ Society determine the recipient of ...
Chair of diagnostic sciences guest edits head and neck pathology publication
Dr. John Wright, Regents Professor and chair of diagnostic sciences, guest-edited the December 2014 edition of Head and Neck Pathology along with Dr. Angela Chi, also a dentist and oral pathologist. A number of subject-matter experts from around the world ...
Second student-run Give Kids a Smile event in the works, complete with follow-up care referrals
Give Kids a Smile, a tradition more than a decade in the making, rallies public and private dental practices, dental schools and dental professional organizations nationwide to provide free oral health services to children in need. On Feb. 28, TAMBCD ...
Dr. H. Edward Bridgeman, Class of 1967
Dr. H. Edward Bridgeman, 1967 dental alumnus, told the story of lucky bullets and decades of dental practice to his undergraduate alumni publication at Baylor University. After 47 years of practice, first in Plano, Texas, and then in Colorado Springs ...
New findings could revolutionize dogma on bone formation in the temporomandibular joint
Findings from researchers at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry could prove to upend previous dogma on bone formation in the temporomandibular joint. The current school of thought on bone formation in the mandibular condyle, the rounded knob where ...