[5] That same year, TUSDM was nationally recognized for leadership in teaching, research, community service, and diversity by the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Gies Foundation with the 2011 William J. Gies Award for Outstanding Achievement by an Academic Dental Institution.

This merger resulted in the creation of an association known as the New England Medical Center (NEMC), which would be the name of the hospital attached to the current day Tufts Dental School until the 1990s.

[11] There are approximately 4000 applicants each year and roughly 200 students enrolled per class, making it the second largest dental school in the United States.

program, which extends over a four-year period, consists of a series of: In 2009, Tufts Dental completed a $68 million, five-floor vertical expansion.

The vertical expansion houses two new clinical patient floors, a new 108-chair simulation lab and teaching facilities for students, as well as a Continuing Education conference center and administrative offices.

[citation needed] The design for the five-story expansion, by ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge, integrates contemporary forms and materials within the framework of the existing building.

In contrast to the heavier forms of the existing structure, the vertical addition uses a glass and aluminum curtain wall system and white metal panels, which is extended to the street level.

The existing egress stair at the corner of the building has also been transformed into a glass beacon that marks the gateway to the Tufts Health Sciences Boston Campus.

[16] Areas of research at Tufts Dental include Bone Remodeling, Sjögren's Syndrome: Dry Mouth and Dry Eye, Dental Materials, Division of Public Health Research and Oral Medicine, Public Health and Community Service, Craniofacial and Molecular Genetics, Integrated Tissue Engineering, Biostatistics, Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry, TMD and Orofacial Pain.

Our main purpose is to foster an environment whereby students interested in enriching their dental education through research are encouraged to do so.

He also earned a Master's of Medical Science in oral biology and Graduate Certificate in periodontology from Harvard School of Dental Medicine.