The curriculum in dentistry is comprised of eight semesters and two summer sessions of instruction over four calendar years.
Instruction is provided through lectures, seminars, conferences, laboratories and clinical practice.
The first year curriculum is concentrated on biomedical sciences which provides foundational knowledge for clinical dentistry. The bulk of preclinical technic courses, which prepare the student for treating patients in the upper-division years, are offered during sophomore year. Additionally, the second year didactic courses provide the framework for patient care through integration of the biomedical, behavioral and clinical sciences. During the third and fourth years the majority of time is devoted to clinical practice in which the student dentist renders a full range of dental services to patients under the supervision and direction of the academic clinical staff of the college. Technical procedures in root canal therapy on mounted extracted teeth.