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May 17, 2016
Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed Varun Pokkamthanam Joseph, a fourth-year dental student from the Health Science Center , as the new student regent for the University of Texas System Board of Regents.
May 16, 2016
The School of Dentistry and the Health Science Center honored the memory of a staunch supporter of health care in South Texas at the James P. Hollers Drive Dedication and Celebration on May 13.
April 27, 2016
Cynthia Giles, a registered dental technician, has worked at the Health Science Center for 40 years and wishes it could be 40 more.
April 20, 2016
While we all are fascinated with the ease of intraoral scanning, there is still a need for fixture-level impressions when it comes to home-run esthetics in the anterior. The scan bodies of digital dentistry do not support the soft-tissue contours developed by our full-contour, screw-retained temporaries fabricated at the time of dental implant placement. Read […]
April 7, 2016
One of Dr. Thomas Oates’ many responsibilities is instructing and guiding dental residents. A few years ago, one of his students approached him with a question he couldn’t answer: What should she do for a patient with diabetes who desperately needed an implant to replace a missing tooth?
March 22, 2016
Humans can be pretty superficial. Looks can make a good first impression, so we all want to have a pretty smile. One woman has a different type of dental implant that’s helping her show more of her pearly whites. Watch the full story at WAAY 31