University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
The school's main entrance at the Robert Schattner Center
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Former name
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Dental Department, University of Pennsylvania |
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| Motto | Leges sine moribus vanae |
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Motto in English
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Laws without morals are in vain |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1878 |
| Founder | Dr. Charles J. Essig |
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Parent institution
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University of Pennsylvania |
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Academic affiliation
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University of Pennsylvania Health System |
| President | Amy Gutmann |
| Interim Dean | Dana T. Graves, DDS, DMSc |
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Academic staff
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42 |
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Administrative staff
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277 |
| Students | 690 |
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240 South 40th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA 39°57′10″N 75°12′12″W / 39.952704°N 75.203259°WCoordinates: 39°57′10″N 75°12′12″W / 39.952704°N 75.203259°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www |
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The University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine (often referred to as Penn Dental Medicine or simply Penn Dental) is the dental school of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), an Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is one of twelve graduate schools at Penn and one of several dental schools in Pennsylvania. It is part of the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
Penn Dental Medicine's earliest instance was the Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery, which was founded in 1852. The school was renamed the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery in 1878. That same year, Dr. Charles J. Essig founded the Dental Department of the University of Pennsylvania, serving as the first Dean until 1883. Later, in 1909, the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery was absorbed into the Penn.
The school's first facilities were housed in Medical Hall, later renamed Logan Hall and now Claudia Cohen Hall. This building was later home to the Wharton School, and currently houses several departments of the School of Arts and Sciences. In 1879, Penn Dental Medicine moved to Dental Hall, its first own building.
In 1897, a dentist and native of Philadelphia by the name of Thomas W. Evans left his estate to create and maintain a dental school that would be "not inferior to any already established." Evans' generosity made possible the construction of the Evans Building (officially called the Thomas W. Evans Museum and Dental Institute) which opened in 1915, the best-equipped dental building in the nation at that time.
Penn Dental has three main buildings, all of which are connected to each other. The Robert Schattner Center, dedicated in 2002, serves as the main entrance to the Dental campus. It has clinical facilities on three levels dedicated to oral surgery to oral and maxillofacial surgery, an emergency clinic, and a faculty practice. The center bears the name of visionary benefactor and Penn Dental alumnus Robert Schattner (D’48), whose gift played a leadership role in successfully funding the building project.
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