The School of Dentistry is a

dental school A dental school (school of dental medicine, school of dentistry, dental college) is a tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches dental medicine to prospective dentists and potentially other dental auxiliaries ...

at the

University of Missouri-Kansas City A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

. The School of Dentistry is located on Hospital Hill in Kansas City, close to the

University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine The University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine, established 1971, is one of three medical schools located near downtown Kansas City. The school offers an accelerated combined Bachelor/ MD program based on a six-year curriculum. The ...

Truman Medical Center-Hospital Hill University Health Truman Medical Center, previously Truman Medical Center–Hospital Hill (abbreviated TMC Hospital Hill), is an 238-bed acute care and outpatient hospital located in Kansas City, Missouri. Hospital background The origins of Un ...

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Children's Mercy Hospital Children's Mercy Kansas City is a 390 bed comprehensive pediatric medical center in Kansas City, Missouri, that integrates clinical care, research and medical education to provide care for pediatric patients from birth through adulthood. The h ...

History

It was established in 1881 as the Kansas City Dental College and was originally part of Kansas City Medical College. In 1941 the Kansas City Dental College merged with Western Dental College to form the Kansas City-Western Dental College. In 1965, Dr. Donald Randolph Brown, Sr. DDS became the school's first

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graduate.

Alumni

* Copeland Shelden

References

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