Transitioning to practice
Leaving dental school and venturing into the work world is a big step. Throw in a pandemic, and the shift forward becomes
Affirmation for progress
The IDEA Committee recently received a $65,000 diversity award from Texas A&M University.
Allergies can blur diagnosis
Tooth pain or sinus pain? Knowing the difference can be perplexing for both patients and professionals. “Diagnosis is really difficult. There’s
A day in their scrubs
Hometown: I was born and raised in Odessa, Texas, which can be summarized by Friday Night Lights, oil and tumbleweeds. However, my
Surreal double quarantine
Ph.D. student Yongxi Liang’s Chinese New Year celebration quickly went from a cherished holiday to a vexing multicountry, two-quarantine odyssey. Just
Showing up and showing off
Social distancing wasn’t about to keep Caruth School of Dental Hygiene students from presenting their research posters this year. So they improvised…virtually.
Dentists interrupted
With dental offices temporarily shuttered to all but emergency procedures during COVID-19 sheltering in place, a few Texas A&M College of Dentistry
A day in their scrubs
Hometown: I was born in Tehran, Iran, and my family immigrated to Singapore when I was 4 years old. After graduating junior