The Howard University College of Dentistry stands out as a model of leadership and progress, is a major component of Howard University’s Center for Health Sciences and stands unique in its mission, its academic environment, and its community of scholars and students. In a challenging yet supportive environment, the college’s students thrive on the advantages of modern facilities and some of the best-trained faculty members in the world, who also serve on state boards of dental examiners and as leaders in prestigious professional organizations.

The College of Dentistry occupies a five-story building. Recent major construction projects include an 85 seat Smart Classroom with state of the art multimedia presentation systems and internet access at each seat; a 45 seat Preclinical Simulation Laboratory with state of the art multimedia presentation systems, and an 18 unit digitized Orthodontic Clinic with internet access at each dental operatory and digital radiography devices. Other resources for the college include the Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library, a world-class research facility for health-care professionals. The library has state-of-the-art telecommunication and audiovisual capabilities. College of Dentistry teaching programs are designed to produce outstanding general practitioners and specialists. Students are trained in the use of auxiliary personnel in a computerized clinical environment. Hospital rotations are a regular part of the dental curriculum that includes a focus on pain and anxiety control using inhalation sedation procedures. As it has since the earliest days of the college, research contributes hugely to teaching and instruction, at both the predoctoral and postdoctoral levels.