University of North Carolina (UNC) Adams School of Dentistry

Established in 1950, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry was the first dental school in North Carolina, and was the state’s only dental school for 61 years. The North Carolina General Assembly of 1949 made creation of the School of Dentistry possible. The first class - 40 students - was admitted in fall 1950, although the dental building was not occupied until September 1952, and classes were held in two Quonset huts. Also that month, on September 9, 1952, the school admitted its first patient – a prosthodontics patient – at 2 p.m. Mission:
Transforming dentistry for better health

Vision:
To become the global model for oral health education, in care and discovery

Values:
Passionately serving
• Their people
• Their community
• Their field through inclusiveness and beyond excellence