Top Dental Universities

University of Maryland, Baltimore

• The University of Maryland Dental School is directly descended from the world's first dental college, the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, founded in 1840. The program offers a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree, as well as undergraduate and graduate dental hygiene degrees. The DDS track requires classroom time and a real-world externship where students work with patients in a dental office. Undergraduate applicants must have completed specific coursework that includes organic chemistry and biology, physics and biochemistry.

  University of Maryland, Baltimore
  650 West Baltimore St.
  Baltimore, Maryland 21201
  410-706-7472
  umaryland.edu

University of Florida

• Students at the University of Florida earn a Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) degree at the end of the four-year program. The College of Dentistry partners with universities in Ecuador and the Dominican Republic to provide dental care to the underprivileged. Dental students can sign up for an optional service trip during spring and summer breaks. The College of Dentistry includes a dental practice that gives students hands-on experience and provides dental services for the community at 50--70% the cost at a private practice.

  University of Florida
  D3-9 Health Science Center
  Gainesville FL 32610
  800-633-3953
  ufl.edu

University of Nebraska Medical Center

• The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry includes specializations in adult restorative dentistry, growth and development, dental hygiene and oral biology. The four-year program focuses on five areas: scientific development, diagnostic skills and treatment planning, clinical treatment and technical performance, practice administration, and personal, professional and community responsibility. The College of Dentistry is also home to the Dental Museum, which traces the history of dentistry and hosts special exhibitions.

  University of Nebraska Medical Center
  40th & Holdrege Streets
  Lincoln, NE 68583-0740
  402-472-1301
  unmc.edu

Baylor College of Dentistry

• Baylor College of Medicine, which is affiliated with Texas A&M University, gives students 11 areas of specialization, including diagnostic sciences, endodontics, orthodontics and pediatric dentistry. The college's clinic provides dental care to more than 200,000 children and adults in the Dallas/Forth Worth area each year. All fourth-year students complete a one-week public health rotation that includes a three-day clinic at a local elementary school.

  Baylor College of Dentistry
  3302 Gaston Ave.
  Dallas, TX 75246
  214-828-810
  tambcd.edu