1921 - Dental hygiene curriculum established. First Master of Science degree conferred. U-M becomes the first dental school to offer graduate training in orthodontics leading to a Master of Science degree. 1927 - Name of School changed to The School of Dentistry from The College of Dental Surgery. 1938 - W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the School develop plans to construct a building specifically for postgraduate dental instruction.
Construction begins the following year.
1938 - Dr. Kenneth Easlick develops the nation's first graduate program in dental public health. 1945 - School of Dentistry collaborates with city officials in Grand Rapids to launch a water fluoridation program that ushers in one of the most successful public health projects in history. 1957 - Plans announced to build a new dental building to be linked to the Kellogg Building. 1966 - Ground broken for construction of new dental building. 1967 - Dental Research Institute established.