University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City,
OK
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About University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Our Mission
The Mission of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, as a comprehensive academic health center, is to educate students, residents, and other trainees in professional and graduate programs to become Oklahoma’s future team of healthcare leaders, clinicians, researchers, and educators; to advance distinctive basic, translational, clinical, and population research; to innovate and commercialize discoveries; and to deliver exceptional patient care across the full breadth of adult, women’s, and children’s specialties.
Vision Statement
The University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry aspires to be recognized as an innovative leader in transforming dental education and as a vibrant, stimulating place to work and learn.
Mission Statement
The mission of The University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry is to improve the health of Oklahomans and shape the future of dentistry by developing highly qualified dental practitioners and scientists through excellence in education, patient care, research, community service, faculty and facilities.
History
In 1954, the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents authorized the establishment of a college of dentistry to respond to the need of underserved areas of rural Oklahoma.
The founding dean, William E. Brown, D.D.S., was recruited in 1969 to initiate planning of the curriculum and facility. In 1972, the OU College of Dentistry officially opened its doors. The first dental hygiene class, comprised of 16 students, graduated in spring 1973. The first dental class, comprised of 24 students, graduated in spring 1976.
Today, the OU College of Dentistry has more than 140 full and part-time faculty; more than 130 full and part-time staff; 39 residents; 224 dental students and 92 dental hygiene students.
