What was the first dental college in the world?

The Baltimore College of Dental Surgery (BCDS) was chartered by an act of the Maryland General Assembly in 1840. It was founded as an independent institution and was known as the first dental college in the world. Its co-founders were Dr. Horace H. Hayden and Dr. Chapin A. Harris. Dr. Harris was the school's first dean and a professor of practical dentistry. Following the death of Dr. Hayden on January 25, 1844, Dr. Harris became the school's second president. It is also the birthplace of the Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) degree. The College is still in existence today and is known as the University of Maryland School of Dentistry headquartered at the Baltimore campus.

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Elsy O. Stromberg

Ben, I don't mind my teeth being examined. It doesn't cost much and is much better than losing teeth.

Shelley Welch Dunivan

Certainly not the u k

David Stokes

If one answers the question as asked, then the first dental college was a dental college. Doesn't anyone check the grammar of these questions

Ben

Dentistry like medicine should be consulted every now and then. Nobody like their teeth being examine but more diseases of the mouth will follow if we don't.

Julie Allen

Jill Bateson, In the United Kingdom, the first dental schools, the London School of Dental Surgery and the Metropolitan School of Dental Science, both in London, opened in 1859.

John McLardie

Jill Bateson, no! It wasn't. Even the BDA acknowledge that the worlds' first dental school was Baltimore. The UKs' first school was opened in 1858/59.