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The campus of LSUHSC School of Dentistry has 300,000 square feet of clinic, research, classroom and office space. This includes four floors of clinics and two patient simulation laboratories where students practice dentistry prior to actual patient care. There is also a state-of-the-art continuing education learning center.

Major renovations of two of the teaching laboratories are now underway. Also being renovated is the first floor of the administration building, which will house a patient education center and student lounge with wireless access.

In 2005, the flooding following Hurricane Katrina forced the school to relocate to Baton Rouge for two years. In 2007, all faculty, staff and students returned to the New Orleans campus. The facilities in Baton Rouge are now being used as clinics and classrooms, which means that education and patient care services have been expanded. All clinics in New Orleans are open and the full schedule of classes are underway. The school is also experiencing a rebirth of research with the rebuilding of three floors of laboratory space.

As with any great institution, the dental school is so much more than our buildings. One source of enormous pride to everyone affiliated with the school is that every class since Katrina has graduated. We never skipped a beat, despite the epic destruction faced by the dental school.

Since its founding in 1968, the school has educated 4,258 dentists, dental hygienists and lab techs. This translates to 75% of the dental health care providers in Louisiana today.