| UAB School of Dentistry | |
| Parent: | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| Dean: | Nicolaas Geurs, DDS, MS (interim) |
| Type: | Public university |
| Established: | 1948 |
| City: | Birmingham |
| State: | Alabama |
| Country: | U.S. |
| Coor: | 33.5053°N -86.8003°W |
| Website: | http://www.uab.edu/dentistry |
The UAB School of Dentistry is the dental school of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.[1] [2] It was founded in 1948 and is the only dental school in Alabama.[3]
The UAB School of Dentistry, a unit of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), was created by an act of the state legislature in 1945, the same year that the School of Medicine moved to Birmingham from the university campus in Tuscaloosa and became a four-year school.[4] [5] The School of Dentistry admitted its first class of students in October 1948.[6] In addition to its first professional degree (D.M.D.) program, the school offers accredited postdoctoral programs in twelve areas of study. The development of "four-handed dentistry" and the expanded utilization of trained auxiliary personnel were pioneered at this institution.[7] From 2012 through 2015 the School was ranked first in research funding from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.[8]
Library facilities include the Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences and the Hammonds Reading Room. The Lister Hill Library is located immediately adjacent to the basic science facility (Volker Hall). The library collection now contains more than 255,000 volumes and includes subscriptions to the world's leading biomedical journals, with some 2,800 titles currently available. The computerized integrated catalog, DYNIX, and the full MEDLINE service are available from home or office by telephone. A microcomputer lab is available for student and faculty use. Other services include interlibrary loans, photocopying, information and instructional services, and search capabilities to a large number of on-line and compact disc databases.