University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry is one of the graduate schools of University of the Pacific. It is an American dental school located in the Pacific Heights Area in San Francisco, California.
Three Year Curriculum [edit]
The school is currently the only remaining institution in the United States accredited to teach an accelerated three-year program leading to a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree. Students complete a full curriculum of pre-clinical and basic sciences classes in their first year of dental school, as opposed to years one and two at other universities. Despite the accelerated curriculum, students at the school experience a number of hours of clinical education well above the national average for students studying in traditional four (4) year curricula.[2]
Admissions [edit]
Due to the accelerated curriculum, the school is the most selective dental school in the United States in terms of the percentage of applicants who are offered interviews.[3] It is also one of the most selective dental schools in the United States by Dental Admission Test scores.[4] Surveys consistently rank the school as the top clinical dental school in the United States.[5][6]
History [edit]
The school was founded in 1896 as the College of Physicians and Surgeons with programs in dentistry, medicine, and pharmacy. In 1918, the college focused its education program solely on dentistry but retained its name as the College of Physicians and Surgeons until it was incorporated into the University of the Pacific. In 2004 the school was named in honor of Arthur A. Dugoni, a former president of the American Dental Association, who served 28 years as dean.[7]
Despite rumors in 2008 that the Advanced General Dentistry Clinic located in Stockton, California would close due to a lack of public funding,[8] the clinic remained open. The dental school has twelve clinics open within San Francisco, Oakland, Union City and Stockton.[9] University of the Pacific still relies heavily upon the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act funding to provide services for patients with HIV/AIDS;[10] this funding is used to reimburse the school for services provided but has not increased in recent years despite increased costs of providing services.[8]
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- McGeorge School of Law (Sacramento)
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- Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (Stockton)
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- Barts and The London, School of Medicine and Dentistry
- Birmingham School of Dentistry
- Bristol Dental School
- School of Dentistry, University of Central Lancashire
- Guy's, King's & St Thomas's Dental Institute
- Leeds School of Dentistry
- Liverpool Dental School
- Manchester Dental School
- Newcastle University Dental School
- Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry
- Sheffield School of Clinical Dentistry
- UCL Eastman Dental Institute
- University of Portsmouth - School of Professionals Complementary to Dentistry
- University of Aberdeen School of Dentistry
- University of Dundee Dental School
- Glasgow Dental School
- Cardiff University Dental School
- Queen's University Belfast School of Dentistry
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