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A day in their scrubs
Meet first-year dental hygiene student Briana Bonney. But you can call her Breezy. After attending a couple meetings of the Dallas Dental Hygienists’ Society, “Breezy” Briana Bonney knew what she had to do. The Texas Dental Hygienists’ Association had an ...
Biomedical researchers investigate multiple aspects of periodontitis etiology
After examining the latest research findings dealing with periodontitis and the periodontal ligament in mouse models, the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry recently published papers in two professional journals. TAMBCD faculty contributed to ...
Former TAMBCD professor, CMP director, receives Nobel Biocare award
The Academy of Osseointegration awarded Dr. Stephen Parel the eighth Nobel Biocare Brånemark Osseointegration Award on March 12. Parel, who was a professor at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry from 1998 to 2008, serving as director of the ...
Step into spring with health and wellness initiative
The Resource Team at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry will host a kickoff on March 17 for its “Stepping into Spring” initiative. This competition, which requires participants to track their steps with a pedometer from March 23 to ...
Center of Excellence Conference 2015
There is no question that a health care gap exists in the U.S., but what exactly determines effective ways to deal with oral health disparities? During the March 28 Center of Excellence Conference at Texas A&M University Baylor College of ...
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 ...