"It is an absolute honor to come home to the dental school that so aptly prepared me for my career as a dental professional and academician. I am thankful for the opportunity to guide the School of Dentistry along its well-respected trajectory of continued preeminence.”
Dr. Lily T. Garcia
Dean, Texas A&M School of Dentistry
Shaping the Future of Oral Health
With 10 dental specialties represented, Texas A&M School of Dentistry's educational experience is unmatched, and our drive to change lives through innovative technologies and cutting-edge research is unstoppable. As the largest oral health care provider in North Texas, the school brings care to people in need—wherever they need it.
Transformational educators
Highly accomplished clinicians, researchers and distinguished scholars are instrumental in producing graduates who are amply prepared for the realities of an evolving health care landscape. Get to know the dedicated faculty who support our mission.
Poorya Jalali
"I always think about it, trying to come up with new ideas," Poorya Jalali, DDS says. "When you look at other materials and devices used in other fields, many times you can actually find a way to change them or improve them, or make some small adjustment to make them useful to dentistry."
Read more about Dr. Jalali’s workJacqueline Plemons
Jacqueline Plemons, DDS, MS, CERT, says she was first drawn to oral medicine while working with a group of oral cancer survivors when she was a resident here in the late ’80s. Because those patients’ conditions fell somewhere between oral and medical health, they often struggled to find the specialized care they needed.
Read more about Dr. Plemons’ workAmerian Sones
“Head and neck cancer is so devastating because it affects how we present ourselves to the world—our face and smile, our ability to speak, drink, enjoy our favorite foods, display our emotions, and present to our friends and family,” Amerian Sones, BS, DMD, MS, says. “Restoring these important personal characteristics is why intraoral and extraoral rehabilitation is so important and appreciated by patients.”
Read more about Dr. Sones’ workLavern Holyfield
The new faculty orientation seminars and the Faculty Mentoring and Career Development Program allow me to help faculty members learn the resources that are available to them, understand what is expected of them. It is rewarding to know that I play a role in guiding them along their paths as academicians, says Lavern Holyfield, BA, DDS.
Read more about Dr. Holyfield’s work
Poorya Jalali
"I always think about it, trying to come up with new ideas," Poorya Jalali, DDS says. "When you look at other materials and devices used in other fields, many times you can actually find a way to change them or improve them, or make some small adjustment to make them useful to dentistry."
Read more about Dr. Jalali’s work
Jacqueline Plemons
Jacqueline Plemons, DDS, MS, CERT, says she was first drawn to oral medicine while working with a group of oral cancer survivors when she was a resident here in the late '80s. Because those patients' conditions fell somewhere between oral and medical health, they often struggled to find the specialized care they needed.
Read more about Dr. Plemons’ work
Amerian Sones
"Head and neck cancer is so devastating because it affects how we present ourselves to the world—our face and smile, our ability to speak, drink, enjoy our favorite foods, display our emotions, and present to our friends and family," Amerian Sones, BS, DMD, MS, says. "Restoring these important personal characteristics is why intraoral and extraoral rehabilitation is so important and appreciated by patients."
Read more about Dr. Sones’ work
Lavern Holyfield
"The faculty orientation seminars and the Faculty Mentoring and Career Development Program allow me to help faculty members learn the resources that are available to them, understand what is expected of them. It is rewarding to know that I play a role in guiding them along their paths as academicians", says Lavern Holyfield, BA, DDS.
Read more about Dr. Holyfield’s work