Diverse clinical settings provide a thorough grounding in the latest treatment techniques and emerging clinical technologies. Students and faculty handle approximately 22,000 patients each year in the School’s teaching clinics.

Through varied outreach programs, students provide much-needed oral health services in the community. In total, students serve more than 20,000 residents each year in surrounding Philadelphia neighborhoods.

Penn Dental Medicine alumni make up a national and international community of nearly 10,600 professionals, living and practicing in 44 different countries.

Students develop their manual dexterity and preclinical skills on high-tech, virtual reality stations that simulate a dental environment.

Established in 1878, Penn Dental Medicine is among the oldest university-affiliated dental schools in the nation. Penn’s 12 schools are located on a singular campus, facilitating interdisciplinary scholarship and learning.

Penn Dental Medicine views research as a central component to excellence in education and patient care with its research enterprise spanning both the basic and clinical sciences.

The three key buildings of Penn Dental Medicine form a unified campus within Penn’s beautiful urban campus.