The School has two programs designed to attract disadvantaged college students to careers in the oral health profession - Pipeline and Profile for Success . Students take mini courses in biology, chemistry, and physics. Labs supplement lectures. Emphasis is not solely on science courses, however. Academic skills are bolstered with lectures on time management, note taking, test preparation, and other topics.
Students gain experience that simulates activities in clinical practice.
These include cavity preparation on artificial teeth, making impressions, exposing and processing radiographs, and waxing. The School's graduate programs lead to a Master of Science degree or a specialty certification in biomaterials, endodontics, operative dentistry, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics, prosthodontics, and restorative dentistry. The AEGD program offers didactic support and clinical experience for a comprehensive treatment core of periodontics, endodontics, prosthodontics, and restorative dentistry while also providing internal rotations in oral surgery and pediatric dentistry. Graduate instruction in dental hygiene leading to a master's degree is also offered as a part of the dental hygiene curriculum. Graduate instruction leading to the Ph.D. degree is also offered in oral health sciences and dentistry.