Periodontics
The Department of Periodontics at Texas A&M University College of Dentistry provides education to dental, dental hygiene, and postdoctoral/graduate students. Our curriculum focuses on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases and conditions affecting the supporting tissues of teeth and dental implants, and also includes implant therapy and related surgical procedures.
Meet The Team
About the Department
The Department of Periodontics is dedicated to excellence in patient care, education, and research. The department provides comprehensive periodontal and implant therapy while training future leaders in periodontics through its CODA-accredited graduate residency program. Faculty members are actively involved in predoctoral, dental hygiene, and postgraduate education, with an emphasis on evidence-based clinical practice, periodontal regeneration, implant dentistry, mucogingival surgery, and interdisciplinary patient care. The department includes the Stomatology Center, a multidisciplinary referral clinic dedicated to the diagnosis and management of oral mucosal diseases and oral manifestations of systemic conditions.
Predoctoral Areas of Instruction
- Periodontal anatomy
- Etiology – pathogenesis and host-response in periodontal disease
- Periodontal diagnosis, treatment planning and prognosis
- Periodontal instrumentation
- Periodontal surgical techniques
- Clinical crown lengthening
- Periodontal medicine
- Periodontal maintenance
- Referral of patients to the periodontal specialist
Clinical center for Stomatology
Including Oral Lichen Planus (OLP) supportThe Stomatology Clinic is a division of the Department of Periodontics devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of patients with unusual and challenging oral diseases. Many of these conditions are referred to as “orphan diseases” because patients often travel from doctor-to-doctor in search of a diagnosis and treatment for their “mysterious” oral health problem. With the Clinic’s unique blend of faculty composed of periodontists and oral and maxillofacial pathologists as well as its close association with physicians including dermatologists, rheumatologists, otolaryngologists (EENT) and others, it has become a beacon of hope for diagnosis and management of unusual diseases and disorders.
