A major lecture room that seats up to 94 allows students and faculty to connect portable computers to the World Wide Web. Both the major lecture room and a smaller lecture room, which seats 36, are accessible by wheelchair. The University of Michigan School of Dentistry is one of the nation's leading dental schools engaged in oral health care education, research, patient care, and community service. General dental care clinics and specialty clinics providing advanced treatment enable the School to offer dental services and programs to patients throughout Michigan. Classroom and clinic instruction train future dentists, dental specialists, and dental hygienists for practice in private offices, hospitals, academia, and public agencies.
Research seeks to discover and apply new knowledge that can help patients worldwide.
When it was established in 1875, the School was then known as the College of Dental Surgery. It wasn't until 1927 that the name was officially changed to the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. Since its founding, more than 9,200 men and women have graduated from the School of Dentistry with dental degrees. Another 2,600 have received either a certificate or a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene following the creation of the dental hygiene curriculum in 1921. Whether as general practice dentists, dental specialists, or dental hygienists, U-M School of Dentistry graduates have served in thousands of communities in all 50 states and in countries around the world.