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Alumni Impact
Dental hygiene lunch date
Discussion during the annual dental hygiene luncheon focused on service. It’s something Caruth students and alumni understand well.
On Campus
Dr. Ronald Woody receives emeritus title
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents recently awarded Dr. Ronald Woody professor emeritus status for his contributions to the college’s restorative sciences department. Woody retired in 2013 after 30 years at the dental school, two decades of which ...
In the Community
Destination: Treasure Beach
As summer clinic drew to a close, nine dental students boarded a flight bound for Jamaica, where many of their patients were treated in dental chairs unlike any the students had ever seen. The dental chairs at the Hopewell clinic ...
In the Community
Closing a gap in oral health care
A partnership between Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry and one local nonprofit will result in free dental care for thousands of low-income residents in northwest Dallas. Elsa Helton was elated when she discovered that students from Texas A&M ...
On Campus
Research associate wins award, will present at International Bone & Mineral Society meeting
Dr. Yan Jing, postdoctoral research associate in Dr. Jian Feng’s lab, is the 2014 recipient of the Osteoarthritis Award for the International Bone & Mineral Society. As the award winner, Jing will present a poster, titled, “Defective Chondrocytes are Directly ...
Research and Innovations
Biomedical Sciences publication
Hinton RJ. Genes that regulate morphogenesis and growth of the temporomandibular joint: a review. Developmental Dynamics 2014 July; 243(7): 864-74.
On Campus
Crump installed as president of Southwest Society of Periodontists
Dr. Brad Crump, clinical assistant professor in periodontics, was installed as president of the Southwest Society of Periodontists on July 26, during the organization’s summer meeting in San Antonio. The society consists of periodontists from Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Colorado ...
On Campus
A little extra
Organizations help students with specific career goals Three new organizations have formed on campus, all with a similar goal: to help dental students achieve their ultimate specialty and professional goals. After receiving administrative approvals this summer, student groups dedicated to ...
On Campus
Forward view
Partnership between Sen. Royce West, TAMBCD, brings Dallas college students to campus [...]
On Campus
Rossmann lectures at North Texas ITI event
Dr. Jeffrey Rossmann recently led presentations for the International Team for Implantology Study Club (ITI), titled “Medical and Surgical Considerations for Implant Treatment Planning” and “Case Presentations of Implant Complications.” The two-hour lecture occurred June 26 in Rockwall, Texas.
Research and Innovations
Periodontics publications
Meyers Tomlin E, Kerns DG, Kessler HP, Rossmann JA, Abraham CM, Al-Hashimi I, Beach MM, Solomon ES. Comparison of ridge preservation using dermis allograft tissue matrix membrane versus connective tissue graft: a human and histological study. Journal of Contemporary Dentistry ...
On Campus
A day in their scrubs
Don’t expect this Aggie to sport solely maroon — you may find him donning the navy and white of Utah State University, his undergrad alma mater, which happens to share the same mascot — sort of. [...]