About The LSU School of Dentistry
Fast Facts

In Education…

• Founded in 1968, the LSU Health Sciences Center School of Dentistry has educated more than 75% of the dental professionals practicing in Louisiana today. Since its inception, the school has educated 4,258 dentists, dental hygienists, and dental laboratory technologists.
• LSUSD offers degrees in dentistry, dental hygiene, dental laboratory technology, and, in advanced education, certificates in pediatric dentistry, endodontics, orthodontics, periodontics, prosthodontics, maxillofacial prosthetics, advanced general dentistry, and general practice residency. It offers the combined certificate in oral and maxillofacial surgery and doctor of medicine degree, and a Master of Science in oral biology. LSUSD also offers via distance-learning the dental hygiene degree program to students in Lafayette and Baton Rouge.
• LSUSD is a primary provider of continuing education for dental professionals in Louisiana offering over 1800 continuing education hours annually. Distance-learning statewide has now become a reality with the advent of new technology and resources.

In Patient Care…

• Each year, LSUSD students and residents are responsible for nearly 100,000 patient visits in 17 locations throughout Louisiana, many of which are underserved areas.
• The Department of Pediatric Dentistry partners with Children's Hospital to provide care to underserved children throughout the Greater New Orleans Region at the hospital and via a mobile dental unit, "Tooth Bus." The bus travels to five locations throughout the city to provide care.
• Faculty and general practice residents provide care to the mentally challenged at both the Pinecrest and Hammond Developmental Centers.
• Oral and maxillofacial surgery residents and general practice residents are providing care through several hospitals statewide--Earl K. Long, Huey P. Long, and University Hospital.
• LSUSD provides oral health care to patients with HIV through the Ted Wisniewski Center of Excellence for the Treatment of Immunodeficiency Diseases in New Orleans and conducts research to address the oral health care issues of HIV patients. LSUSD developed the first LSU HIV Dental Clinic at the Medical Center of Louisiana, New Orleans in 1994. The school also provides care to HIV-positive individuals at Huey P. Long Hospital in Alexandria, and through a mobile dental van in New Orleans.
• LSUSD serves as the primary provider of forensic dental services to police and emergency personnel in Louisiana and Mississippi.

In Research…

• The LSUSD Center of Excellence in Oral & Craniofacial Biology is the only collaborative research initiative in Louisiana to focus on oral health. It creates a rich research environment for the education and development of students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty researchers in dental and craniofacial biology - while enhancing oral health care for citizens everywhere.