Kuwaiti dentist Alaa Al-Saffar, DDS, may be 7,000 miles from the Texas Medical Center but that didn’t keep her from catching a lecture on mucosal lesions at UTHealth Houston.
Nearly 150 UTHealth School of Dentistry at Houston dental and dental hygiene students donned the white coats of health care professionals in special ceremonies Aug. 9 in The Denton A. Cooley, MD and Ralph C. Cooley, DDS University Life Center.
As a new Project ECHO® hub, UTHealth School of Dentistry at Houston will use technology to connect its experts and specialists to primary care practitioners in remote or underserved locations around the world.
Our dental school has served Southeast Texas since 1905, providing a broad range of services, from fillings to reconstructive surgery. Patients are cared for by students and residents under faculty supervision.
Each year, we enroll 100 DDS and 40 dental hygiene students. UTSD students gain clinical skills at on-site clinics, hospitals, and through community outreach projects. Advanced and continuing education programs are offered as well.
UTSD excels in several areas of research, including the biomedical and clinical sciences, education, dental informatics, and much more. Our research programs benefit from state-of-the-art equipment and world-renowned faculty.
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