Dentistry (DDS, DMD). Academic Program Description
A program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of dentistry/dental medicine, encompassing the evaluation, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions of the oral cavity, maxillofacial area, and adjacent structures and their impact on the human body and health. Includes instruction in the basic biomedical sciences; occlusion; dental health and prevention; oral pathology; cariology; operative dentistry; oral radiology; principles of the various dental specialties; pain management; oral medicine; clinic and health care management; patient counseling; and professional standards and ethics.
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Colleges Offering this Curriculum
- Boston University
- Case Western Reserve University
- Columbia University in the City of New York
- Creighton University
- Harvard University
- Howard University
- Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis
- Loma Linda University
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at New Orleans
- Marquette University
- Medical College of Georgia
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Meharry Medical College
- New York University
- Northwestern University
- Nova Southeastern University
- Ohio State University-Main Campus
- Oregon Health & Science University
- SUNY at Buffalo
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
- Stony Brook University
- Temple University
- Texas A & M University System Health Science Center
- The University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Dentistry
- The University of Tennessee
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Tufts University
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- University of California-Los Angeles
- University of California-San Francisco
- University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
- University of Detroit Mercy
- University of Florida
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- University of Iowa
- University of Kentucky
- University of Louisville
- University of Maryland-Baltimore
- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- University of Missouri-Kansas City
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
- University of Nevada-Las Vegas
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Pittsburgh-Main Campus
- University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences Campus
- University of Southern California
- University of Washington - Seattle
- University of the Pacific
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- West Virginia University