University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry

About

We are the first, largest and most comprehensive dental school in Canada – the only one to offer all 10 dental specialties for at least 50 years.

We celebrate over 145 years of training brilliant dentists and scientists and improving healthcare across the world.

Our greatest strength is our people: we attract excellent Faculty, staff and students whose combined clinical, academic and scientific work consistently places us as one of the top dental schools in Canada and in the top 40 worldwide.

We take great pride in our alumni who continue to teach here or in other institutions; break boundaries in research; and further the dental profession by providing the best possible care for their patients and communities.

We are driven by our vision to improve health by advancing dentistry through inspired leadership, innovation, and excellence in:

- education;

- research; and

- clinical practice

Every year, students at the Faculty of Dentistry clinics welcome over 15,000 patients through 90,000 patient visits, a significant number of whom are disadvantaged and cannot afford the costs of private care.

While our costs are dramatically lower than that of private practice, students provide our communities with world-class care under the supervision of licensed and seasoned instructors.

Beyond the clinics and classrooms, our students engage extracurricular work, engage in philanthropy raising money and giving back to our community.

Meanwhile, our researchers serve the global community through pioneering ground-breaking advances crossing boundaries between oral and overall health, such as:

- stronger, “smarter” fillings

- advances in nanotechnology and wound healing

- cardiovascular testing

- advances in dental implants and stem cell therapies

- cancer diagnosis and treatment

- pain management research