Penn Dental Medicine
The Power of Penn Dental Medicine Campaign has produced seismic changes in the School’s ability to fulfill its mission of transforming global oral health and well-being through exceptional clinical care, innovation, education, and research. Bold new ventures are advancing dental medicine in ways that change the lives of practitioners and patients alike, while increased financial aid attracts promising young people to the field and makes their education more affordable. With the momentum generated by this Campaign, Penn Dental Medicine begins its next chapter as a school destined to lead and ready to excel.
3,727
Donors
$70
Million Raised
Highlighted Accomplishments
Revolutionized the future of dental education and treatment through new and upgraded facilities, including the Robert I. Schattner Clinic, the Henry Schein Cares Clinic, the Care Center for Persons with Disabilities, and two new digital design centers.
Positioned Penn to make tomorrow’s breakthroughs in oral health by recruiting world-class experts in dental ceramics, oral medicine, biofilm, the oral microbiome, bone biology, and periodontics.
Expanded accessibility and outreach to diverse communities across Philadelphia, by adding a new care site at Puentes de Salud, expanding two established sites at Mercy LIFE and Sayre Health Center, and acquiring a new PennSmiles mobile dental care van.
Reached tens of thousands of oral health providers around the world through our continuing education programming and online Coursera courses.
Launched the Center for Integrative Global Oral Health, which will bring specialists in multiple fields together to raise awareness about the critical link between oral health and overall health and explore innovative approaches to the prevention and treatment of dental disease.
“This Campaign has positioned our extraordinary school to build upon our leadership role. We’ve fortified our reputation for innovation and created new pathways toward improved and more equitable oral health. At the same time, we’ve expanded the impact of our research and drawn attention to what should be obvious to all: oral health matters.”