Happy anniversary, College of Dentistry
The Class of 1925 and the Class of 2025
Key Takeaways
- A Century-Plus of Service: The college is celebrating its 120th anniversary, having been founded in 1905 as the State Dental College. It has consistently remained true to its mission of shaping the future of oral health through excellence in education, research, and patient care.
- Significant Scale and Impact in North Texas: The college is the largest oral health care provider in North Texas. Over its history, it has graduated more than 9,000 students, and its current class enrolls 587 students across various programs, including 10 dental specialties.
- Commitment to the Local Workforce: The college is a vital source for Texas’s dental professionals, as about 90% of its dental students are Texas residents, and the majority of graduates choose to practice in Texas, with many remaining in the North Texas area.
It has had many names over the decades. Still, for 120 years, Texas A&M College of Dentistry has remained committed to educating dental professionals and providing quality oral health care to the North Texas community and beyond. Today, the college celebrates its 120th anniversary.
It began as the State Dental College in 1905 at what is now the site of The Adolphus Hotel in Dallas with 40 students. Today, more than 9,000 students have graduated from the dental college. The dental college’s current campus in Old East Dallas, located on Gaston Avenue, boasts 587 students, including 106 first-year dental students and 32 first-year dental hygiene students pursuing bachelor’s degrees. Supervised by licensed and skilled faculty, they are educated and trained to provide patient care. A&M Dental is the largest oral health care provider in North Texas.
Every graduate is essential because they provide the necessary expertise in oral health care. Even more so, because about 90% of the college’s dental students are Texas residents, and most dental graduates opt to practice in Texas, with many in North Texas.
A&M Dentistry offers 10 dental specialties, and the dental college remains true to its mission of shaping the future of oral health through excellence in education, research and patient care.
The dental college has a long history of both academic excellence and top-level care. That’s never changed, whether alumni and the community called it:
- State Dental College
- Baylor University College of Dentistry
- Baylor College of Dentistry
- Baylor College of Dentistry, a member of the Texas A&M University System
- Texas A&M University System Health Science Center – Baylor College of Dentistry
- Texas A&M Health Science Center Baylor College of Dentistry
- Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry
- Texas A&M University School of Dentistry
- Texas A&M University College of Dentistry
