Welcome to West Virginia University School of Dentistry, located in Morgantown, West Virginia. Founded in 1957, our mission is to provide the state with a nationally recognized oral health center for education, research and service while improving the dental and oral health of all citizens, especially West Virginians. One of the primary ways we accomplish our mission is to educate competent oral health care professionals for the state. Our first dental class entered in the fall of 1957, and our first dental hygiene class entered in the fall of 1961. Since that time, we have graduated over 1750 dentists and over 725 dental hygienists, and our graduates currently practice in 54 of the State's 55 counties.

The School of Dentistry offers a D.D.S. Degree as well as a B.S. Degree in Dental Hygiene. We also have postgraduate programs in the dental specialties of Orthodontics, Prosthodontics, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Endodontics, as well as a Master's program in Dental Hygiene. Additionally, we offer an Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) program (Charleston, WV) and a General Practice Residency program (Morgantown, West Virginia) are available.

WVU, founded in 1867, is a comprehensive Carnegie designated Doctoral Research-Extensive land-grant institution, with approximately 25,000 undergraduate and 5,500 graduate and professional students. The University is located in Morgantown, WV, a community of approximately 50,000 located only 75 miles south of Pittsburgh, with easy access to major metropolitan areas in the East and Midwest. Morgantown is also listed among the best small towns in the USA, with affordable housing, excellent schools, a very low crime rate, breathtaking scenery, and a variety of four season activities.

The School of Dentistry is one of 14 colleges in the University and is part of a comprehensive Health Sciences Center, which also includes Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Allied Health, the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center, and West Virginia University Hospitals. The Health Sciences Center campus is also the home for the new Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute, and construction of a new Library/Learning Resource Center is currently underway.

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