Among our

17

student organizations, 8 have national affiliations and 8 are clubs and special interest groups.

 UAB SOD set the benchmark for

Largest

class in 2023, and the numbers have maintained since.

 We have an actively

Engaged

student body that participates in fun activities and events year long.

Ready Day One

Our students have early extensive and broad clinical experiences.

 UAB SOD offers the

D.M.D./Ph.D.

program designed for students who want to pursue careers in dental academics and uses an integrated clinician scientist training program to provide in-depth academic and research opportunities.

 The class of 2028 is represented by

31

colleges and universities, and

9%

are 1st generation college students.

 For the first time since its inception in 2015, the UAB SOD’s International Dentist Program has reached its accredited limit of

24

students. And not only is this year’s IDP cohort bigger than ever, it also is broader, with a program-high of

18

countries represented in the class.

 UAB SOD has had

16

ASF fellows since inception including 3 current fellows and 13 Fellows for Life.

5

recent National Student Research Group leaders, including

4

past presidents

 Since its earliest days, UAB SOD has had a

strong

connection with the military.

 In the heart of UAB's academic medical center sits one of the nation's premier schools of dentistry, with

17

academic programs.

 UAB SOD offers postgraduate programs in

8

specialty areas.

 UAB SOD offers the

International Dentist Program

(IDP) for non-US trained dentists to have the opportunity to earn a D.M.D. degree.

 UAB SOD offers a

Dental Assisting Program

(DAP) to help position graduates for careers in oral healthcare.

 In 2023, SOD students had consistently performed better than the national average in the Integrated National Board Dental Examination, with a

100% pass rate

each of the past two years, and have historically done very well on clinical licensure exams.

  UAB SOD averages

64,000

patient visits &

8,600

new patients served each year.

  UAB Oral Oncology among

1st

in Southeast to use

use augmented reality

in head and neck cancer surgery. This new platform uses mixed reality technology to showcase a hyper-realistic

3D

view of patients’ head and neck tumors.

 UAB SOD provides a variety of

state-of-the-art

facilities and equipment, and the most up-to-date treatment techniques.

 UAB Dentistry - Dothan is UAB SOD's

first satellite clinic

to identify, recruit, and prepare the next generation of dentists committed to practicing in rural Alabama, alleviating some of the burden caused by the rural dentistry shortage across the state.

Coming Soon

 UAB Dentistry Decatur is a testament to our efforts to

improving local and global access to dental care

through a new satellite clinic in North Alabama.

 UAB SOD is home to the

National Dental Practice-Based Research Network's

national administrative base, a consortium of participating dental practices and organizations that conduct practice-based research.

 In 2023, UAB SOD performed

4,971

total dental procedures for Alabama communities including exams, x-raysf or diagnostic purposes, cleanings, fillings to preserve teeth, and extractions

 UAB SOD offers our third and fourth year dental students

2

types of clinical rotations (course based and voluntary) to have opportunities to serve communities across the state.

 UAB SOD took part in Alabama's first remote medical event, hosted by Remote Area Medical (RAM), helping provide dental care to more than

400

underserved people in Gadsden, AL.

 UAB Continuing Dental Education supported state's dentists and hygienists by holding a total of

112

continuing education programs with more than

4,800

participants and over

24,000

total CE hours issued in 2023./p>

 UAB SOD partnered with

TeamSmile

provide essential dental care to children from Blount County in 2024.

 SOD students and Alabama Albert Schweitzer Fellows, Vashti Convers and Katelynn Clark, create info videos to

overcome language and cultural barriers

in dental care.

 UAB SOD offers a separate admissions pathway accessed via the ADEA AADSAS application system called

The Rural Dental Scholar (RDS) Program

which is a five-year pathway program operated in conjunction with the UA College of Community Health Sciences (CCHS).

 UAB Dentistry faculty and students reach out to

communities in need

by rendering care in off-campus clinics or providing screenings with referrals for care for those living in rural spaces in the State of Alabama. The off-campus clinics who partner with the School of Dentistry are located in

several counties

which include: Bibb, Calhoun, Escambia, Jefferson, Madison, Mobile, Montgomery, Talladega, Tuscaloosa.

 UAB School of Dentistry has had

9

Rural Dental Scholars as of 2024.

  UAB SOD researcher leads nation's'

1st

dental implant registry.

 In 2023, UAB SOD faculty and dental students participated in interprofessional collaborative events throughout the state, for both children and older adults. This led to

721

total encounters for oral health education and oral/dental needs screenings, including referrals for care.

 UAB SOD takes part in

9

types of partnerships and initiatives to, we provide oral health education and screenings and primary, secondary, and tertiary care to underserved populations.

 In the 1960s, UAB SOD introduced a second person into the practice environment creating the concept of

“four-handed dentistry”,

all thanks to government-funded research.

 UAB SOD offers the Dental Academic Research Training program (DART), an interdisciplinary training program supported by the National Institutes for Health (NIH) National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). UAB is one of only

10

dental schools in the country that offers all four training tracks, including the foreign-trained dentist track.

 By the 1980s, UAB School of Dentistry had achieved

top tier

NIH-funded status among dental schools, a position it has maintained.

 UAB SOD has

5

research themes.

 UAB SOD is home to

1 UWIRC

and was awared

$140,000

in total funding from GC-CODED for pilot and feasibility grants to four UAB investigators (3 being SOD faculty) for their research in areas related to conditions of the craniofacial/ oral complex and dentition in 2024.

 student research opportunities are available to undergraduates, graduates, and dental students at UAB.

 A “Century Club” of the school’s alumni purchased letters written by

George and Martha Washington

 to their dentist. The club donated them to the Reynolds-Finley Historical Library at UAB, where they remain housed to this day.

Steven J. Filler, DDS,

  a former faculty member in the UAB SOD, became a volunteer dentist for the Birmingham Zoo in 1983; his first patient was a polar bear with a bad tooth. Here, he's pictured with a smiling hippopotamus in 2001.

 Joseph F. Volker, the founding dean of UAB SOD, initiated UAB's tradition of

international collaboration

 with a three-month educational trip to Thailand in 1951. Today, the school continues its global reach through diverse programs, fostering cross-cultural exchanges, and enriching education in dentistry worldwide.

 As one of the nation's leading dental schools, the UAB SOD celebrated in 2023

75 years

of providing world-class dental education, research, and oral healthcare with a focus on shaping the future of oral health.

Dr. Joseph F. Volker,

  the School of Dentistry’s first dean, was also UAB’s first president and UA’s system chancellor. Following in his footsteps, the school’s third dean,

Dr. Charles A. Scotty McCallum Jr.,

  became UAB’s third president.

 UAB School of Dentistry has

4

pillars within its strategic plan: Education, Research, Community Engagement, and Patient Care.

 Dues paying Alumni Association members increased for the third consecutive year. In 2023, the Alumni Association had

1,488

members.

 The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees voted to appoint

2 chairs & 3 professors

to endowed positions during its November 2023 meeting.