Texas A & M College of Dentistry
New stomatology director continues mission to bridge dentistry / medicine gap
by Kathleen Green Pothier
Periodontics professor Jacqueline “ Jacque ” Plemons ’ 86 ’ 88 was recently named Director of Stomatology in the Clinical Center for Stomatology , Department of Periodontics at Texas A & M College of Dentistry .
Jacqueline “ Jacque ” Plemons ’ 86 ’ 88
“ Besides all of her many accolades , her main character attribute that immediately qualifies her for a leadership position is that she deeply cares — about her patients , about her colleagues , and about the department ,” says Dr . Thomas Diekwisch , periodontics department head .
Dr . Plemons 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 . Their plight became Plemons ’ passion as she helped move the dental school ’ s efforts forward in managing this group ’ s much-needed care .
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