University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Dentistry

University of Missouri–Kansas City
School of Dentistry

Type	Public university
Established	1881
Dean	Marsha A. Pyle
Location	Kansas City, Missouri, USA 39°04′55″N 94°34′37″W / 39.08203°N 94.57700°W / 39.08203; -94.57700Coordinates: 39°04′55″N 94°34′37″W / 39.08203°N 94.57700°W / 39.08203; -94.57700
Website	UMKC School of Dentistry

The School of Dentistry is a dental school at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The School of Dentistry is located on Hospital Hill in Kansas City, close to the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine, Truman Medical Center-Hospital Hill and Children's Mercy Hospital.

History

It was established in 1881 as the Kansas City Dental College and was originally part of Kansas City Medical College.^[1]

In 1941 the Kansas City Dental College merged with Western Dental College to form the Kansas City-Western Dental College.^[2]

In 1965, Dr. Donald Randolph Brown, Sr. DDS became the school's first African American graduate.^[3]

Alumni

Copeland Shelden

References

↑ UMKC School of Dentistry - About Us
↑ UMKC School of Dentistry - About Us: Past and Present
↑ "Honoring the Legacy of the School's First African-American Graduate" (PDF). Explorer: UMKC School of Dentistry Alumni News. 72 (2): 6. Winter 2012.

Dental schools

American dental schools	Alabama–Birmingham Arizona Augusta Boston U (Goldman) California (UCLA, UCSF) Case Colorado Columbia Connecticut Creighton Detroit Mercy East Carolina Florida Harvard Howard Illinois–Chicago Indiana Iowa Kentucky Lake Erie Loma Linda LSU Health–New Orleans Marquette Maryland–Baltimore Meharry Michigan Midwestern Minnesota Mississippi Missouri–Kansas City Nebraska–Medical Center Nevada–Las Vegas New England NYU SUNY (Buffalo, Stony Brook) North Carolina Nova Ohio State Oklahoma Oregon Pacific (Dugoni) Penn Pitt Puerto Rico Rochester Rutgers South Carolina Southern California (Ostrow) Southern Illinois–Edwardsville Touro Temple (Kornberg) Tennessee Texas (UT Health–Houston, UT Health–San Antonio) Texas A&M (Baylor) Texas Tech–El Paso (Hunt) Tufts Virginia Commonwealth Washington WesternU West Virginia

Defunct American dental schools	Emory Farleigh Dickinson Georgetown Harris Loyola Northwestern Ohio College Oral Roberts Pennsylvania College Washington University

Canadian dental schools	Dalhousie McGill Laval Western Ontario Alberta British Columbia Manitoba Montréal Saskatchewan Toronto

British dental schools	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

Australian and New Zealand dental schools	Sydney Melbourne Adelaide Charles Sturt University Griffith University James Cook La Trobe Queensland Western Australia University of Otago

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