This list of dental schools in the U.S. includes major academic institutions in the U.S. that award advanced professional degrees of either D.D.S. or D.M.D. in the field of dentistry. [1] It does not include schools of medicine, and it includes 75 schools of dentistry in 37 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. These dental schools are a mix of stand-alone institutions and colleges within universities or associated with medical schools.