Defunct Dental Schools in the 1980s

[gogiantsss]

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Just out of curiosity, do you know the defunct dental schools that closed down in the 1980s? I'm only aware of Northwestern.

 

[QuackDentist]

Just out of curiosity, do you know the defunct dental schools that closed down in the 1980s? I'm only aware of Northwestern.

Not sure if it closed down in the 80's, but Georgetown had a dental school.

 

[sonylarkhi]

Fairleigh Dickinson in 1989

 

[JMJRDH1]

I believe there may be a couple more, and I am not sure of the exact dates of closure. Hope this helps!


Northwestern University Dental School

Fairleigh Dickinson Dental School

Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery

Ohio College of Dental Surgery

Georgetown University

Emory University

Washington University in St. Louis

 

[Chrono1984]

"Over the past several decades, estimates of dentist supply were often related to the opening or closing of dental schools. Concerns about dentist supply and economic conditions, for example, led to decreased enrollment in dental schools in the late 1970s and 1980s.1 Beginning in 1986 and through 1993, six dental schools (Oral Roberts, Emory, Georgetown, Fairleigh Dickinson, Washington University, and Loyola) closed, with Northwestern following suit in 2001; all of these schools were private or private/state-related.2,3 Subsequently, concerns have been expressed about a decreasing supply of dentists,2 as well as problems with geographic distribution (e.g., urban/rural, regional imbalances).4–8 Since 1997, three new schools (Nova Southeastern in Florida, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health) have opened, including two in states (Nevada and Arizona) that previously did not have a dental school. "

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a year old.. so midwestern was not included in the opening schools list.