UCSF School of Dentistry

Since our founding in 1881, the UCSF School of Dentistry has striven to educate the leading practitioners, scholars and faculty members of the next generation. As a leading institution of oral and craniofacial health, our educational programs have grown to include, in addition to our DDS programs, an array of MS and PhD, post-graduate and residency programs. Our students and faculty handle over 120,000 patient visits a year in our comprehensive Dental Center, and many of our students staff 14 community-based externship sites. The school is also one of the top oral and craniofacial research enterprises in the world, ranked the top dental school in the country in research funding from the National Institutes of Health for 25 years and home to several leading translational research programs. **Mission, Values, Vision** The School of Dentistry aligns with UCSF's **[PRIDE values](https://diversity.ucsf.edu/PRIDE-values)**, with notable focus on diversity, equity and inclusion. True North informs our strategic framework.