[2] The department then moved onto the main campus with the completion of the Medical-Dental Building on Reservoir Road in 1930, facilitating growth of both the medical and dental components.

[5] By the late 1980s, a variety of factors had forced dental schools across the United States to close, and many others were downsizing.

Price Waterhouse determined that by 1992, the Georgetown University School of Dentistry would be operated an annual $3.6 million deficit.

[6] On March 19, 1987, the Georgetown University Board of Directors voted unanimously to cease the operation of the school.

[5] Students and faculty who were upset that the school did not consult them before making the decision to close filed a lawsuit in the District of Columbia Superior Court.

It was also one of only twelve dental schools in the country not to receive federal aid, and had one of the highest costs of tuition at $15,000.