About school of dentistry

Imagine a world where everyone smiles.® NYU Dentistry DDS students benefit from the breadth and depth of experiences and resources that only the most comprehensive academic oral health center in the country, in the greatest city in the world, can offer. Founded in 1865, NYU College of Dentistry is the third oldest and largest dental school in the United States, educating nearly 10 percent of the nation's dentists. NYU offers professional training leading to the DDS degree, as well as advanced education in the dental specialties. Additional programs include a bachelor’s degree and an associate’s degree in dental hygiene, continuing dental education programs, Programs for International Dentists, and master’s degrees in biomaterials, clinical research, and oral biology. We’re focused on the future -- advancing oral health, researching new treatments and methodologies, and preparing students to become exceptional providers and to lead the profession, with ample opportunities to “think big.” In just the past few years, NYU Dentistry has opened the Oral Health Center for People with Disabilities; the NYU Pain Research Center; NYU Dentistry Brooklyn Patient Care; Metro Community Health Centers at NYU Dentistry, a federally qualified health center located on the first floor of the NYU Dental Center in Manhattan, providing DDS students with experience in the medical management of dental patients; and the NYU Dentistry Center for Oral Health Policy and Management, an interdisciplinary think tank that is working to develop and promote a national agenda that recognizes the fundamental relationship between oral health and overall health.

Mission

To partner with students in achieving academic excellence, providing the best oral health care, and engaging in research, scholarship, and creative endeavors to improve the health of the highly diverse populations in New York City and around the world.

Dean

Charles N. Bertolami, D.D.S., D.Med.Sc. (Herman Robert Fox Dean)

Vision

To become the dental institution with the greatest impact globally on the health of society.

Core values

Since the founding of New York University in 1831, the institution has held a mission that is “in and of the City” and “in and of the world.” The College of Dentistry shares this philosophy and commitment to continually strive to foster a dynamic and rigorous teaching and learning environment that represents a diversity of perspectives, experiences, and approaches to engage in ongoing systematic and focused efforts to attract and retain students, faculty, and staff from diverse backgrounds, and to systematically evaluate comprehensive strategies to further enhance the institutional climate for diversity. The College has a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion within the structure, curriculum, and institutional climate of the College, and works intentionally across the many areas of the institution to provide resources, programs, and support services that help to cultivate and maintain an educational environment that is inclusive of divergent backgrounds and historically underrepresented groups across the areas of race, ethnicity, culture, age, religion, ability, sexual orientation, gender and gender identity, socioeconomic status, national origin, and educational background.

Location

New York, United States