Thanks largely to his efforts, the Melbourne Dental Hospital opened its doors in 1890 and was followed in 1897 by the Australian College of Dentistry, devoted solely to the education of dentists.
Research in the school is an integral component of staff and student activities underpinning both the undergraduate and graduate curricula.
The Melbourne Dental School was a core party in the Cooperative Research Centre for Oral Health Science (CRC-OHS) from 2004 - 2010.
In 2009, an Oral Health Therapists Graduate Study was conducted at the Melbourne Dental School.
Ethical approval was granted for this study with all findings to be made public in October 2009 on "Research Day."
The Melbourne Dental School is a participant in the Bio21 Institute with research encompassing a wide variety of sub-disciplines, including structural chemistry, bacterial biofilms and peptide vaccine technology The Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum contains over 2,500 objects, photographs, documents and catalogues relating to the history of dentistry and dental education in Victoria.