Prestigious Dental Schools

Harvard School of Dental Medicine

• The Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) was established in 1897 and was the first dental school to have a close relationship with a medical school. HSDM offers a doctor of dental medicine (DMD) program, an advanced graduate education (AGE) program and a doctor of philosophy program of biological science in dental medicine. Admission to HSDM depends on the program for which the student is applying but all require a bachelor's degree. HSDM's programs are highly competitive. For example, for the 2009-2010 academic year, out of 1,000 applicants to the DMD program, only 35 students were admitted.

  Harvard School of Dental Medicine
  188 Longwood Avenue
  Boston, MA 02115
  617-432-1443
  hsdm.harvard.edu

University of Connecticut's School of Dental Medicine

• The University of Connecticut's (UConn) School of Dental Medicine was founded in 1968. This dental school consists of three departments: the Department of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences, the Department of Reconstructive Sciences and the Department of Craniofacial Sciences. The Department of Oral Health and Diagnostics includes periodontology, endodontology, behavioral sciences and community health, oral and maxillofacial diagnostic sciences, oral medicine, oral and maxillofacial pathology and oral and maxillofacial radiology. The Department of Reconstructive Sciences includes prosthodontics and operative dentistry, and the Department of Craniofacial Sciences includes orthodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery, pediatric dentistry and general dentistry.

  University of Connecticut's School of Dental Medicine
  263 Farmington Avenue
  Farmington, CT 06030
  860-679-2808
  sdm.uchc.edu

Oregon Health & Science University's School of Dentistry

• The Oregon Health & Science University's (OHSU) School of Dentistry has been around since 1899. Programs offered at this school of dentistry include a DMD program, advanced education programs in fields such as oral and maxillofacial surgery, periodontology, pediatric dentistry, orthodontics and endodontology, and a dental career exploration program. Admissions to the DMD program is only awarded to those applicants that have at least three years of predental education and a grade point average (GPA) of no less than a 3.0. Since the advanced education program is a postgraduate program, all applicants must have a bachelor's degree, Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores and letters of recommendation and must pass both parts of the American Dental Association (ADA) examinations.

  Oregon Health & Science University's School of Dentistry
  611 Southwest Campus Drive
  Portland, OR 97239
  503-494-5274
  ohsu.edu