ANN ARBOR AND THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT
ANN ARBOR AND THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT
- Major research University
- Many cultural events
- Athletics and campus recreational buildings
- Reliable on-campus transportation
- Low crime
- Located on the main campus
- First dental school to be associated with a public university (1875)
- Full service dental school: DDS, all specialty programs (endodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, oral diagnosis, oral pathology, pediatric dentistry, periodontics), dental hygiene, and a very active continuing education program for practicing dentists including pilot projects of distance learning. Close links to Dental Public Health (Department of Epidemiology) at the School of Public Health
- Combined DDS-PhD program in oral health sciences
FACILITIES OF THE SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY
- New Pediatric Dentistry Clinic and Orthodontic Wing
- Clinics - D3 and D4 students have a cubicle in which they see their comprehensive care patients
- TV - every lab, lecture hall, and seminar room has closed circuit television for live intake demonstration
- Self-instructional facility - 42 microcomputers, open nights and weekends
- Computer projection capability available in all lecture halls
- Voice mail and E-mail for all classes
- Library has one of the most comprehensive dental collections in the country
- Sindecuse Museum
- Student Forum
- New state-of-the-art lecture rooms with multi-media capabilities
- Vertically Integrated Clinic (VIC) format (D1-D4)
- Hours - 1,756 hours of clinical experience
- Community Outreach Program (D4) - 3 week off-site rotations
- Comprehensive patient care - during all four years
- Clinical experiences (observation/assisting/patient care) start in the first semester of the first year
- Hospital rotations - University of Michigan Health System
- Behavioral Sciences
- Basic Sciences
- Applied Sciences
- Web-based and distance learning
- Integrated laboratory and clinical experiences in educational context
- Average debt level of all dental school graduates in 2000 who reported debt was $106,000.
- In 2001 the median debt for UM graduating seniors who borrowed was 94,246 ($2,500 - $154,726)
- 9.8 million dollars in faculty research awards for 2000-2001.
- Large number of research papers presented at the American Association of Dental Research
- Over 30,000 square feet of research space
- 25 students participated - Student Research Program
- 70 Research Day Table Clinic Presentations
- New Center for Research on Oral Health Disparities to be funded for 7 years.
- Graduate student dorms available for dental students
- University apartments available for married students
- Many students rent apartments close to campus or live in a dental fraternity
- Students are very involved in student council, school committees
- American Association of Women Dentists (Student Chapter)
- Student National Dental Association
- Hispanic Dental Association
- Taft Honorary Service Society
- Two dental fraternities (men and women are members)
- American Student Dental Association
- Christian Medical-Dental Society