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The UNC Adams School of Dentistry

UNC Adams School of Dentistry brings together students, faculty and staff to create an environment conducive to learning, working and inspiring new ideas in the oral health profession. We are committed to serving the state of North Carolina, our nation and beyond.

A dental student works in a lab.

North Carolina’s first school of dentistry

For the past 75 years, UNC Adams School of Dentistry has educated the best and brightest oral health care professionals around the state, country and world. We are a group of dedicated faculty members, engaged students and hardworking staff members committed to encouraging a thriving academic and research environment, providing top-notch patient care and working at one of the top dental schools in the world.

We were the first dental school in North Carolina, and our graduates are engaged in their communities, active participants in oral health care, innovation and discovery, and work hard to address oral health care inequities in underserved and rural populations.

 

Facts & Figures

  • $3.6millionin-kind service by students and residents annually
  • 90,000+patient visits annually
  • 1stdental school in North Carolina
  • 6,400+living alumni in 96 counties, 50 U.S. states, and 27 countries
  • 4student-led free clinics

Around Campus

  • Kathleen Gray

    Kathleen Gray

    research associate professor and director of the Center for Public Engagement at the UNC Institute for the Environment,UNC Institute for the Environment

    Kathleen Gray, research associate professor and director of the Center for Public Engagement at the UNC Institute for the Environment

  • Tyler Ritter

    Tyler Ritter

    chief operating officer and director of professional education for digital and lifelong learning, Friday Center,Friday Center

    Tyler Ritter, chief operating officer and director of professional education for digital and lifelong learning

  • Angel Hsu

    Angel Hsu

    associate professor of public policy and environment, ecology and energy and director of the Data-Driven EnviroLab,UNC College of Arts and Sciences

    Angel Hsu, associate professor of public policy and environment, ecology and energy and director of the Data-Driven EnviroLab