is a

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in Yokosuka,

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, established in 1952. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1910 in Kanda, Tokyo as the , the first women's dental school in Japan. After the

1923 Great Kantō earthquake The struck the Kantō Plain on the main Japanese island of Honshū at 11:58:44 JST (02:58:44 UTC) on Saturday, September 1, 1923. Varied accounts indicate the duration of the earthquake was between four and ten minutes. Extensive firestorms an ...

, it relocated to Shinagawa. It relocated again to Ota-ku, Tokyo in 1933, and to its present location in Yokosuka in 1964 as the

Kanagawa Dental College is a private university in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1910 in Kanda, Tokyo as the . After the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, it relocated to Shinagawa. It relocated again to Ota-ku, Tokyo in 1933, ...

. The junior college was established in 1952, and shares the same campus. The primary aspect of its curriculum is to provide the commercial, legal and communications skills for a successful dental practice.

Faculties

* Faculty of Dental Hygiene * Faculty of Nursing

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* Universities and colleges established in 1910 Private universities and colleges in Japan Japanese junior colleges Universities and colleges in Kanagawa Prefecture Buildings and structures in Yokosuka, Kanagawa 1910 establishments in Japan {{kanagawa-university-stub

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