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Goals

The School of Dentistry is a center for dental education, research and service. The goals of the school are:

  • Prepare graduates in dentistry and dental hygiene to deliver patient care with a scientific basis and a caring manner.

  • Instill a professional and societal responsibility in all students that will prepare them to become community leaders and address the public need.

  • Provide practitioners and educations with continuing education opportunities to learn recent advances in dentistry and related fields.

  • Contribute to the advancement of dentistry through basic, applied and educational research.

  • Provide advanced education programs in dental research, education, general dentistry and dental specialties.

  • Be a resource in oral health care for the public and community leaders.

 

 
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