The College’s mission has evolved into a tripartite commitment to education, patient care, and research:

• to train general dentists, dental specialists, and dental assistants in a setting that emphasizes comprehensive dental care delivery and stimulates professional growth;
  
  
  • prepare students with a strong emphasis in the biomedical sciences to become competent in general dentistry;
    
    
  • prepare students with an understanding of the social, economic, and ethical aspects of the profession, as well as the historical foundations of dentistry; and
    
    
  • support and strengthen advanced dental education programs in general dentistry, the dental specialties, and the dental sciences.
    
    
• to inspire, support, and promote faculty, pre- and postdoctoral student and hospital resident participation in research to advance the professional knowledge base; and
  
  
  • encourage and support all forms of academic research by developing dental educators committed to research
    
    
  • promote collaborative research activities between faculty of the whole of the Health Sciences and the University;
    
    
  • promote pre- and postdoctoral students’ research training;
    
    
• to provide comprehensive dental care for the underserved community of northern Manhattan.
  
  
  • patient care is a primary College commitment; delivering comprehensive quality care in a rich diverse community including underserved and minority patients in northern Manhattan.