The Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) is the dental school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area in Boston,Massachusetts. In addition to the DMD degree,HSDM offers specialty training programs,advanced training programs,and a PhD program through the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The program considers dentistry a specialty of medicine. Therefore,all students at HSDM experience dual citizenship between Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Harvard Medical School. Today,HSDM is the smallest school at Harvard University with a total student body of 280.
A number of professional degrees in dentistry are offered by dental schools in various countries around the world.
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) is a branch of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. The institute aims to improve the oral,dental,and craniofacial health through research and the distribution of important health information to the American people.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine is the dental school of the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt). It is located in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,United States. It is one of Pitt's six schools of the health sciences and one of several dental schools in Pennsylvania. It is closely affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The School of Dental Medicine accepted 3.6% of applicants for the class of 2016,a record low for the school's entire history.
The Columbia University College of Dental Medicine,often abbreviated CDM,is one of the 21 graduate and professional schools of Columbia University. It is located at 630 West 168th Street in Manhattan,New York City. According to American Dental Education Association,CDM is one of the most selective dental schools in the United States based on average DAT score,GPA,and acceptance rate. In 2017,1,657 people applied for 84 positions in its entering class. The median undergraduate GPA and average DAT score for successful applicants in 2020 were 3.62 and 22.8,respectively.
The University of Florida College of Dentistry is the dental school of the University of Florida. The college is located in the Dental Sciences Building on the southeastern edge of the university's Gainesville,Florida main campus. The college is one of the six academic colleges and schools that comprise the university's J. Hillis Miller Health Science Center. The college is the only publicly funded dental school in the state of Florida. As of 2019,there were 365 DMD students enrolled in the college,and the college employed 133 faculty members and 148 residents/interns/fellows.
The UAB School of Dentistry is the dental school of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in Birmingham,Alabama,United States. It was founded in 1948 and is the only dental school in Alabama.
Special needs dentistry,also known as special care dentistry,is a dental specialty that deals with the oral health problems of geriatric patients,patients with intellectual disabilities,and patients with other medical,physical,or psychiatric issues.
The University of Washington School of Dentistry is the dental school of the University of Washington in Seattle. It is the only school of dentistry in the state of Washington. The school emphasizes research in anxiety,orofacial pain,tissue repair and regeneration,immune response to bacteria,and practice based research.
The University of Michigan School of Dentistry is the dental school of the University of Michigan,a public research university located in Ann Arbor,Michigan. Established in 1875,the School of Dentistry engages in oral and craniofacial health care education,research,patient care and community service.
The University of Florida College of Medicine –Jacksonville is the largest of the three University of Florida Health Science Center Jacksonville colleges —medicine,nursing and pharmacy. The college's 16 clinical science departments house more than 440 faculty members and 380 residents and fellows. The college offers 34 accredited graduate medical education programs and 10 non-standard programs.
Martha J. Somerman is an internationally known researcher and educator in medicine,focusing on defining the key regulators controlling development,maintenance,and regeneration of dental,oral,and craniofacial tissues. She was Chief of the Laboratory of Oral Connective Tissue Biology (LOCTB) at the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) and Director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR),a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) located in Bethesda,Maryland. She was the first woman to lead NIDCR. Dr. Somerman retired as the director of NIDCR on December 31,2019,serving nine years.
John S. Greenspan was an academic dentist/scientist and university administrator. His degrees and diplomas include BSc,BDS,Ph.D.,FRCPath,FDSRCS (Eng). He was the Director-Emeritus of the AIDS Research Institute at the University of California,San Francisco (UCSF). He was also the founding Director of the UCSF AIDS Specimen Bank (1982-2017) and of the UCSF Oral AIDS Center (1986–2005).
Niki M. Moutsopoulos is a Greek periodontist and immunologist. She is a senior investigator in the oral immunity and infection section at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. Moutsopoulos specializes in oral immunology and periodontitis. Her research program focuses on host-microbial interactions that can drive chronic inflammatory responses and tissue destruction in the oral cavity.
Eastman Institute for Oral Health of University of Rochester is a school of dentistry and department of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry located at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester,New York,United States. Unlike other dental schools in the United States,it does not have an undergraduate dental program. It is affiliated with Strong Memorial Hospital.
Rena N. D'Souza is a clinician-scientist and Director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. She was formerly the assistant vice president for academic affairs and education for health sciences at the University of Utah where she was also a Professor of Dentistry in the School of Dentistry and a Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy in the School of Medicine.
Ophir David Klein is an American developmental biologist who specializes in pediatric medical genetics. Klein is Executive Director of Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s,Vice Dean for Children’s Services,Professor of Pediatrics,and the David and Meredith Kaplan Distinguished Chair in Children’s Health. He is also a professor of Orofacial Sciences and Pediatrics at UCSF.
Lawrence A. Tabak is an American dentist and biomedical scientist serving as the principal deputy director of the National Institutes of Health. He served as acting director from 2021 to 2023. Previously he was the director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research from 2000 to 2010.
Jennifer Y. Webster-Cyriaque is an American dentist and immunologist specializing in the oral microbiome,salivary gland disease in patients with HIV,and cancer-causing viruses. She became the deputy director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research in November 2020. Webster-Cyriaque was a faculty member at UNC Adams School of Dentistry and the UNC School of Medicine for 21 years.
Cecile Arlene Feldman-Zohn is an American dental scientist who is a professor and Dean of the School of Dental Medicine at the Rutgers University. Her research considers dental informatics and health services research. She was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2020.
