History
The Dental School of the University
of California (UC) in San Francisco
was the first dental school to
be established in the West and was
initially a Dental Department
within the Medical Department of
the University of California and
was housed within the Medical
College Building. The first dental
class commenced on June 1, 1882,
and 8 students graduated on November
8, 1882 after what appears
to have been a rigorous 4-month
training program.
The Dental
School at that time had 6 professors,
and 1 of them (William Edwin
Taylor, MD) was assigned to the
Department of Dental Surgery, and
therefore was the first Chief of
Dental Surgery.
Featured Below:
Past Chair Dr. William Ware, Current Chair Dr. Tony Pogrel, Past Chair Dr. Raymond Huebsch
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