Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC “I’ve been working here for 10 years, and every two years we get a new group of students. We get to work with them so closely that when the two years are over we’ve become like a family. That’s what it boils down to.” Fatima Santamaria, RDA Clinic Support Staff
Since 1897, the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC has informed and inspired what is thought, taught, and practiced in the oral health professions. From the pioneering use of technology in dental care and life-altering advances in restorative dentistry to groundbreaking biomedical research, the Ostrow School is setting the standard for dental education and the provision of oral health care nationwide.
currently includes two fourthgeneration SCions – and the school’s classrooms and clinics are filled with alumni faculty who remain deeply committed to the school’s mission.
The school also is committed to training and practice that transcend the classroom and the clinic. Reaching out to provide oral health treatment and education to thousands of people in need – not only in Los Angeles and Southern California, but also across international borders – USC’s dental school offers community-assistance programs that benefit vulnerable populations while fostering among its students a lasting dedication to service. A testament to the school’s quality and reputation, it has graduated thousands of dentists who are recognized luminaries in the field, serving their communities as dental practitioners and researchers around the world. Generations of children and grandchildren of alumni come to USC for their dental education – in fact, the dentistry student body
33% dental school faculty who are USC dental alumni