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(approved June 2001)
The primary mission of the School of Dental Medicine at the University at Buffalo is to educate oral health care professionals, biomedical scientists and educators; to discover medical and biological knowledge; and to deliver high quality, state-of-the-art oral health care. The School improves the oral and general health of the people of the State of New York through its teaching, research and service.
The School of Dental Medicine maintains its more than century-old tradition of educating general practitioners and dental specialists to provide the highest quality of patient-centered care to the communities they serve. This education is based on a dynamic curriculum employing the latest information technologies and emphasizing the interactions between basic biomedical sciences, clinical sciences and clinical practice. Further, the School of Dental Medicine continues to prepare individuals for leadership roles in the basic and oral health sciences and in dental education. The School serves health care professionals throughout the state and the Northeast by providing lifelong learning through continuing education programs.
As an integral component of the State University of New York's sole comprehensive research-intensive university, the School of Dental Medicine is a leader in innovative research and scholarship contributing to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of oral disease. These discoveries are disseminated to both the professional community and the public through contributions to the scientific literature, through oral health promotion and disease prevention programs, and through technology transfer in partnership with industry thereby promoting economic development in Western New York.
The School of Dental Medicine as a primary, secondary, and tertiary care center provides high quality, oral health services in a patient-oriented environment. Through both its intramural clinics and its outreach programs, the School maintains a strong community presence as the region's major provider of oral health care services to underserved populations and to people with special oral health care needs.
In accomplishing its mission, the School of Dental Medicine will continue to be recognized as one of the nation's outstanding health professions schools.
Complete statement of mission, goals, and competencies
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