UCSF School of Dentistry



	The UCSF School of Dentistry was the first dental educational institution to be established west of the Mississippi River. For 125 years, the School of Dentistry has evolved, thrived and witnessed a number of notable events.



	1881 - Dental College organized and established by the University of California Regents September 7. Initial capital budget: $510. Despite fears of meager interest, the school receives an overabundance of applicants, including many who have been practicing lay dentistry for years in the gold-mining camps. 1882 - The first class of 25 men and one woman begins study. Fees are set at $130. 1892 - Dental Clinic moves to downtown San Francisco to be closer to patients. 1896 - First Scientific Session sponsored by the Dental Alumni Association. 1900 - Completion of the first buildings on Mount Sutro. The buildings house the School of Medicine, the College of Pharmacy and the College of Dentistry. 1906 - The dental clinic moves to Mount Sutro after earthquake and fire destroys its home downtown. The dental clinic helps minister to the city's refugee population, camped out in a tent city in nearby Golden Gate Park. 1914 - Guy S. Millberry, DDS, becomes dean of the College of Dentistry. Over his twenty-five years in that position, he modernized the curriculum and developed a dental hygiene program. 1918 - One-year dental hygiene program established at the College of Dentistry.



	1929 - Pre-dental requirements established. Prior to this time, students could enter dental school directly from high school. 1934 - Clinical sciences building completed to provide outpatient dental and medical care to the community. 1939 - Willard C. Fleming, DDS, becomes dean of the School of Dentistry. 1950 - Three-year graduate program in oral surgery established. Two-year program in periodontology established. 1954 - Establishment of the Coordinated Consultative Cleft Palate Panel, now called the Center for Craniofacial Anomalies. 1954 - Continuing dental education, called Postgraduate Dental Education, established at UCSF. 1959 - Oral and Facial Pain Clinic established.



	1965 - Ben W. Pavone, DDS, becomes dean of the School of Dentistry. 1967 - Establishment of the School of Dentistry Oral Pathology Laboratory. 1968 - Postgraduate certification in pediatric dentistry begun. 1969 - Two-year program in orthodontics established. 1970 - Campus is officially named the University of California San Francisco. Post-graduate certificate in dental public health begun. 1979 - Opening of community dental clinics at Buchanan Street and San Francisco General Hospital.



	1980 - Dedication of the Dental Clinics Building at 707 Parnassus Avenue. New building provides state-of-the-art clinical teaching facilities. 1981 - UCSF School of Dentistry celebrates its 100th anniversary. 1981 - Assistant U.S. Surgeon General John C. Greene, DMD, becomes dean of the School of Dentistry and embarks on a campaign to strengthen basic and applied research at the school. 1982 - UCSF AIDS Specimen Bank established in the department of stomatology. 1984 - School of Dentistry selected to participate in strategic planning and implementation phases of Pew National Dental Education Program. 1986 - Establishment of the Oral AIDS Center in the department of stomatology. 1991 - Establishment of the Pain Center within the department of oral and maxillofacial surgery. 1992 - Establishment of the Research Center in Oral Biology. 1995 - Charles Bertolami, DDS, DMedSc, becomes dean of the School of Dentistry, and continues to deepen and broaden dental education at the School. Dean Bertolami establishes programs to encourage applied research and technology transfer as a critical component of the UCSF School of Dentistry's mission. 1995 - Creation of the School's first endowed professorship (Lee-Hysan). Eleven years later, the School of Dentistry possesses four Distinguished Professorships (each endowed at $1.78-$2.5 million) and five Endowed Chairs (each endowed at $310,000 - $1.5 million). 1996 - Oral Cancer Research Center established. 1996 - 100th Scientific Session sponsored by the UCSF Dental Alumni Association. 1998 - The Postbaccalaureate Program, aimed at preparing disadvantaged students for entry into oral health care higher education, created. 1999 - Predoctoral Clinics Modernization completed. The effort is the culmination of a $2.8 million, two-year effort that saw the predoctoral clinics overhauled, remodeled and upgraded.



	2001 - The newly created International Dentist Program enrolled its first class of students. 2004 - School of Dentistry named recipient of a nearly $12 million, five-year contract with the NIH to create an international registry for the study of Sjögren's Syndrome. 2004 - Revised curriculum implemented for the School of Dentistry, creating all new interdepartmental courses developed around five thematic streams that emphasize and reinforce the integration of basic sciences and clinical sciences in dental education. 2005 - School of Dentistry re-aligned into four departments: Cell and Tissue Biology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Orofacial Sciences, Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences. 2005 - School receives 17 commendations and 0 recommendations at its Commission on Dental Accreditation site visit. 2006 - School of Dentistry celebrates its 125th anniversary.


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