This college notes that the competencies it expects its graduates to possess include professionalism, health promotion and maintenance, health assessment and health rehabilitation. The four-year program to achieve a doctor of dental medicine (D.M.D.) degree includes courses in infectious diseases, pathology, dental practice management and pain/anxiety control in dental patients. In addition to classroom education, students participate in clinical rotations.
The University of Florida (UF) College of Dentistry offers master's degrees in endodontics, orthodontics, periodontics and prosthodontics.
UF College of Dentistry
P.O. Box 100405
Gainesville, FL 32610
352-273-5955
dental.ufl.edu
The four-year D.M.D. program at this college "emphasizes prevention and health promotion, lifelong learning, critical thinking and the value of critical evaluation of the literature," according to the school's website. The college's course offerings include focuses on ethics, pediatrics, orthodontics, leadership and bioterrorism preparedness. Experiences in clinical settings round out the D.M.D. curriculum.
The New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry offers advanced education programs in several areas, including endodontics, pediatric dentistry and oral/maxillofacial surgery.
NYU College of Dentistry
345 E. 24th St.
New York, NY 10010
212-998-9800
nyu.edu/dental/index.php
This school's website details its desire to produce graduates who have the skills and knowledge to provide comprehensive care; view dental care as a right instead of a privilege; can be community leaders; and participate in continuing education. The school's four-year D.D.S. program includes classes in dental materials, history and ethics, preventive dentistry, basic immunology and oral pathology. Off-campus clinical rotations give students practical experience in patient care.
The college also offers a master's and Ph.D. degree in oral biology, as well as residency programs that include advanced dental anesthesiology, endodontics, orthodontics and oral/maxillofacial surgery.
UCLA School of Dentistry
Box 951668
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1668
310-825-2337
dentistry.ucla.edu/index.asp
This college's website notes that it wants to: produce students who provide dental treatment in a caring manner; prepare students to become community leaders; and use research to contribute to the advancement of dentistry. As of May 2010, the school would only consider residents of Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, New Mexico and Hawaii for admission into its four-year D.D.S. program.
The college's D.D.S. curriculum includes classes in biochemistry and nutrition, implant dentistry, anesthesiology, radiology and microbiology. Students receive extensive clinical practice during the final year of their D.D.S. education.
The University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Dentistry offers graduate certificates in periodiontics, orthodontics and other dental specialty areas, as well as master's degrees in oral biology and dental hygiene education.
University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Dentistry
650 E. 25th St.
Kansas City, MO 64108
816-235-2100
dentistry.umkc.edu/index.html