Research grants primarily from the National Institute of Dental Research and industrial companies total approximately 1.7 million dollars a year. The department currently occupies 18,000 square feet of research space. The Living Skin Bank which supplies graft material for burn patients in University Hospital, is housed in the Department of Oral Biology and Pathology under the scientific direction of Dr. Marcia Simon. Graduate students have access to the university central computer facility as well as high speed Ethernet links connecting the department to e-mail, medline and the internet through servers located in the University Hospital. The university libraries maintain 1.7 million bound volumes and 3 million publications in microformat, and subscribe to approximately 13,300 periodicals and serial titles.
Excellent collections are available in the biology and chemistry libraries.
The Health Sciences Library contains more than 250,000 volumes and subscribes to 4,300 periodical and serial titles. Almost all the dental research journals are included in this collection. There is also an annex to the Health Sciences Library in the Dental School itself, which also serves as a study room. All applicants are carefully screened by the credentials committee of the department. Interviews and discussions are arranged with faculty members and graduate students where possible.