The Case School of Dental Medicine (CSDM) is a graduate school of
Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio. Case Western Reserve was established in 1967, when Western Reserve University, founded in 1826 and named for its location in the Connecticut Western Reser ...
. It is an American
dental school located in
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...
. The Case School of Dental Medicine is a clinically oriented dental school. It has been ranked consistently high with its affiliated medical school. Admission to Case Dental School has an acceptance rate of 2.1%. Over 3700 applications for admission are received every year, and 300 applicants are interviewed for the limited 75 positions. The most recently admitted class had a mean undergraduate GPA of 3.61 and a mean DAT of 20 (~90th percentile).
In addition to the DMD (Doctor of Dental Medicine) degree, Case offers five specialty training programs:
The residency program in
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is a 5-year dual degree (MD-DMD) program that is joint with the
Case School of Medicine. The residents receive an MD (Doctor of Medicine) degree at the end of their residency years along with a certificate in
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Endodontics,
Periodontics,
Orthodontics
Orthodontics is a dentistry specialty that addresses the diagnosis, prevention, management, and correction of mal-positioned teeth and jaws, and misaligned bite patterns. It may also address the modification of facial growth, known as dentofacial ...
, and
Pediatrics
Pediatrics ( also spelled ''paediatrics'' or ''pædiatrics'') is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, paediatrics covers many of their youth until th ...
are master's degree programs (M.S.D.) with a certificate granted upon completion of the degree requirements.
General information
The Case School of Dental Medicine was organized in 1892 as the Dental Department of Western Reserve University. Since 1969 the facilities of the school of dentistry have been located in the Health Science Center of Case Western Reserve University adjacent to the schools of medicine and nursing and University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio. The School of Dental Medicine has conferred degrees on more than 4,200 graduates. Education in the basic sciences and techniques, as well as preclinical laboratory work, is carried out by each student in an individually assigned area in the multidisciplinary laboratories. The 50,000-square-foot dental clinic floor consists of two major clinics and five specialty clinics. The major clinics are made up of cubicles fully equipped as private operatories.
Notable alumni
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Hom-Lay Wang
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Holly Broadbent Jr.
Birdsall Holly Broadbent Jr. (September 27, 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio – July 9, 2009 in East Hampton, New York) was an American orthodontist known for this contributions to the field of orthodontics. He co-developed the Bolton Standards along w ...
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Holly Broadbent Sr.
Birdsall Holly Broadbent Sr. (27 September 1894 – 23 December 1977) was an American orthodontist who is credited with developing and introducing the technique of cephalometric roentgenography to orthodontics. He also devised the cephalometer, w ...
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Wendell L. Wylie
Wendell L. Wylie (December 5, 1913 – February 19, 1966) was an American orthodontist who served as a President of American Board of Orthodontics and the Chief Editor for The Angle Orthodontist Journal.
Life
He was born in Elk River, Idaho. He ...
See also
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American Student Dental Association
References
External links
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Case Western Reserve University
Healthcare in Cleveland
Educational institutions established in 1892
Dental schools in Ohio
1892 establishments in Ohio