Each program has its advantages. Fees for undergraduate dental services cost about half of what you might spend for a visit to the regular dentist. Fees for postgraduate services cost about 75 percent of regular dental fees. Fees for the faculty practice are comparable to private practice, but the dental school faculty brings to the clinic cutting-edge innovation and technology you might not find elsewhere. In the undergraduate and resident programs, care is delivered under the supervision of a dental school faculty member.
Faculty are specialists in their field as well as practicing dentists.
And they're right. The dental school makes special efforts to maintain a superior level of care. Ida Martocchio of East Hartford has been a student clinic patient for more than 20 years. Her care has been extensive and entirely satisfactory. At UConn, I've had gum surgery, a crown, a partial denture and a lot of regular dental care, and I still have the teeth I had in 1978.