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The School of Dentistry was founded in
1863 as the Philadelphia Dental College. It is the second-oldest
dental school in continuous operation in the United States. Its
Hospital for Oral Surgery opened in 1878 - the first hospital
in the country devoted exclusively to oral and maxillofacial surgery.
The School became affiliated with Temple University in 1907, and
moved its location to the Health Sciences Campus on North Broad
Street in 1947. In 1965, Temple University became part of the
Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education. Programs
The School of Dentistry offers a four-year predoctoral program
leading to the Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D.) degree, and
enjoys full accreditation status from the American Dental Association.
Approximately 125 students are enrolled
in the freshman class each year. The School has fully accredited
graduate programs for the following specialties: orthodontics,
periodontics, endodontics, and advanced education in general dentistry.
Temple also enjoys affiliations with several hospitals in the
Greater Philadelphia area. Commission on Dental Accreditation
The Commission on Dental Accreditation will review complaints
that relate to a program's compliance with the accreditation standards.
The Commission is interested in the sustained quality and continued
improvement of dental and dental-related education programs but
does not intervene on behalf of individuals or act as a court
of appeals for individuals in matters of admission, appointment,
promotion or dismissal of faculty, staff or students.
A copy of the appropriate accreditation
standards and/or the Commission's policy and procedure for submission
of complaints may be obtained by contacting the Commission at
211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611-2678 or by calling
1-800-621-8099 extension 4653. Facilities Our $41 million state-of-the-art
clinical facility, contains approximately 80,000 square feet of
clinical space and some of the most modern equipment available.
The School, located on the Health Sciences Campus, is situated
in a densely populated section of Philadelphia, providing a rich
kaleidoscope of clinical experiences for dental students. With
a student population of 500, the School has close affiliations
with area hospitals and other teaching components of the Temple
University Health Sciences Campus.
The preclinical laboratory is a highly sophisticated, state-of-the-art,
two million dollar teaching facility. It occupies approximately
6,000 square feet of space on the third floor of the clinical
facility and contains 129 separate teaching stations, each simulating
a dental operatory. Each station contains an electric handpiece
with a knee-activated rheostat, a control unit with hookups for
two handpieces and a three-way syringe, a manikin head with articulator
and support rod, a dust evacuation system with replaceable filter
bags, a water collection container to evacuate water from the
high-speed handpiece, separate lockable storage areas for freshman
and sophomore student supplies, and both area and high intensity
lighting. In addition, there are eight individual technique laboratories,
adjacent to the preclinic, for casting metal, baking porcelain,
curing acrylic, pouring stone and plaster casts, and trimming
and polishing dental materials. These laboratories contain many
sophisticated ovens (acrylic curing, metal burn-out, porcelain),
lathes, X-ray units, and other dental laboratory equipment. The
dental instrument kit is distributed during the first-year orientation
and at the beginning of the second year. Purchase of the complete
kit is mandatory and non-refundable.
The reputation of the School has always been one of clinical excellence.
The predoctoral students, under close supervision, perform almost
300,000 dental procedures annually. Since the School is situated
in the heart of a large and diversely populated metropolitan area,
students gain experience in providing comprehensive oral health
care to patients with a wide range of needs, in a manner that
respects the social, economic, and medical considerations specific
to each individual. In addition, dental students are assigned
clinical rotations at Temple University Hospital. Students perform
tissue biopsies in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology,
Medicine and Surgery, and study the specimens under the supervision
of the faculty. Temple's Department of Pathology operates one
of the largest dental-related tissue biopsy services in the United
States. The School of Dentistry has a dynamic special patient
care clinic, the Rosenthal Clinical Center, which optimizes clinical
treatment and student education, as well as service to the community.
Many students take advantage of the opportunities in this clinic
which prepare them for the sensitive care of severely medically
compromised patients.
The Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry offers a state-of-the-art
computer infrastructure that few dental schools can match. Incoming
students receive free e-mail accounts, free dial-in Internet access,
and remote access to our Intranet. As the largest information
resource at the School, the Intranet provides access to educational
materials, class schedules, the academic calendar, student financial
and grade records, and many other resources. The e-mail account
comes complete with a personal address book, a calendar, and a
task list. Our Clinical Management System is a sophisticated software
application that provides a variety of administrative and clinical
functions. Modules of the system include patient registration
and assignment, treatment tracking, clinic scheduling, rotation
scheduling, and charge capture. Several high powered Windows 2000
servers power the school's central computer systems. A high-speed
network links a 28-station Computer Lab, as well as nearly 150
stations in faculty and staff offices. The Computer Lab provides
general application software, as well as several computer-aided
instruction programs in support of pre-doctoral education. To
get the most out of the School's computer resources, the Department
recommends that the students arrange for access to a modern computer
with an Internet connection from home. The School's Intranet offers
students access to a wide range of study materials. E-mail allows
communication with colleagues, faculty, and patients. Contact
the Division of Health information Management and Technology at 215-707-7710 for more
information.
Research Opportunities exist for students to conduct significant
research under the guidance of clinician-scientists on the The Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry faculty who are engaged in various
types of oral and craniofacial research. A Summer Research Training
Program is available for a select number of predoctoral students
under an NIH student research training grant jointly awarded to
The Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry and the University of Pennsylvania
School of Dental Medicine. Participating students from both institutions
receive a grant stipend, jointly attend a weekly summer seminar
series on research methodology and study design, and present their
own research protocols and study results for review and critical
analysis. Predoctoral students also may competitively apply for
internal funds to support summer research conducted under faculty
mentors, with study findings presented at the Annual Student Research
Day competition held each spring. The school presently has the
Division of Health Information Management and Technology and the following six named research
laboratories providing resources for student and faculty research:
l Laboratory for Applied Periodontal and Craniofacial Research,
l Laboratory for Oral Biology Research, and l Oral Biomaterials
Research Laboratory
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