ECU School of Dental Medicine

ECU School of Dental Medicine

Consistent with the Mission Statement of East Carolina University, the School of Dental Medicine was established to specifically address the shortage of dentists in rural regions of North Carolina. Accordingly, admission to the Dental Program is limited to individuals who are residents of the State of North Carolina.  As a new institution, the School of Dental Medicine has completed the requirements for initial accreditation by the Commission on Dental Accreditation.

Ross Hall, a 184,000-square-foot four-story building located near the ECU Health Sciences Building on West Fifth Street, will house the School and is expected to be completed in June of 2012.  The building is named in honor of Dr. Ledyard Ross, a retired Greenville orthodontist who has pledged $4 million to the school.  The first class of 52 students entered the dental school in August of 2011.  They will begin their studies in the Brody Medical Sciences Building until Ross Hall is complete.

The school will be largely computer- and simulation-based.  Outside Greenville, ten community service learning centers are being planned across the state.  At those centers, faculty members, dental residents and fourth-year dental students will provide care.  The first five centers will be located in Ahoskie and Elizabeth City in eastern North Carolina, Sylva and Spruce Pine in western North Carolina, and Lillington in the central portion of the State.

For more information:

Dr. Gregory Chadwick, Interim Dean
School of Dental Medicine
East Carolina University
Lakeside Annex 7 & 8
Greenville, NC  27834
(252) 737-7000
www.ecu.edu

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