Statement of Mission and Goals

The mission of the Indiana University School of Dentistry is to promote optimal oral and general health of Indiana citizens and others through educational, research, patient care and service programs. Specific goals to be achieved are as follows:

EDUCATION

A.  Recruit quality applicants and prepare them to become highly competent, critically thinking, life-long learning, ethical and socially responsible practitioners of general dentistry, dental hygiene and dental assisting

B.  Recruit quality applicants and prepare them to become outstanding practitioners of the dental specialties and other relevant postdoctoral disciplines through the graduate dental program

C.  Create graduates who demand and a program which provides the opportunity for career-long learning through continuing education

RESEARCH

D.  Increase the knowledge base in all areas related to oral health through an extensive research program, including both faculty and students

E.  Maintain and enhance the role of the School of Dentistry as a vital and productive member of the scholarly community in the Indiana University family

PATIENT CARE

F.  Provide a broad spectrum of high quality patient services for reasonable fees as a principal means of furnishing clinical educational opportunities for students

G.  To maintain a clinical education system which simulates as closely as possible a contemporary, high quality practice of general dentistry, supported by the specialties as appropriate.

SERVICE

H.  Interact with the community by providing both school-based and outreach service and health education programs.

Endorsed by IUSD Faculty Council