No-Hee Park, DMD, PhD

In the four decades since it was founded in 1964, the UCLA School of Dentistry has earned an international reputation for its teaching, research, patient care and public service programs. At UCLA, we are proud of our tradition of producing dentistry’s newest leaders.

Our faculty members write and edit the most widely used textbooks in their specialties. Our continuing education program provides lifelong learning opportunities to more dentistry professionals than any other dental school. And our researchers are at the forefront of the latest advances in dental medicine, specifically in the areas of salivary diagnostics and regenerative dentistry.

The operation of our School and its clinics yields dramatic, positive benefits for the oral health of our community. Our students go above and beyond the call in providing oral health education, screenings and sealants throughout the Los Angeles area. And our predoctoral students, residents and faculty clinics conduct more than 150,000 patient visits per year.

A mature institution, the School has built a family that is large, active, and strong. Some of our alumni return to us as our newest tenure-track faculty. Still more stay affiliated with the School as part-time faculty and volunteers. In clinical practice, academia, and organized dentistry, graduates of the UCLA School of Dentistry are hard at work multiplying our efforts to improve oral health — in California and around the world.