Welcome to the School of Dentistry
We are delighted that you have chosen to consider the Oregon Health & Science University to complete your dental education and we believe you can find no better place. The faculty is highly qualified and is committed to facilitating the education of each individual student while providing an outstanding learning experience for all students. The support staff exemplifies a helpful and caring attitude that is so important in the evolutionary growth from student to professional. The campus, set atop Marquam Hill in the beautiful city of Portland, Oregon, offers dental students the opportunity to integrate their training with that of other health professionals at OHSU. An active research environment prevails with many productive research scientists on the faculty who enhance teaching and treatment programs with their own first-hand investigations in both clinical and basic sciences. It provides an integrated, caring and educationally solid program and extends the opportunity for all students to achieve the professional goals they seek.
While pursuing your dental career at the School of Dentistry, you will find friendly and knowledgeable people dedicated to help you reach this goal. The setting could not be any more conducive to learning and growing into the wonderful dental profession.
Dr. Jack W. Clinton, D.M.D.
Dean