Located on the ground floor of the School of Dental Medicine, the faculty and staff of the Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology provide the following services and educational functions: Adult patients are screened and directed for treatment as indicated to various clinics within the school such as oral surgery, endodontics, periodontics and the emergency clinic. Prospective patients will receive a comprehensive exam and necessary radiographs to determine specific dental treatments. The cost is approximately $90.00 if the patient’s dental treatment needs can be provided effectively by our various undergraduate and graduate programs and a permanent studen-doctor assignment will be made. This is a two-appointment process. Junior and senior dental students perform all screenings during scheduled rotations.

Students learn to evaluate the patient's chief complaint, medical status and collect the data needed to develop an appropriate treatment plan. The goal of this clinical experience is to develop the dental student’s knowledge and skill in comprehensive patient evaluation and diagnosis so that they develop treatment plans that address existing problems as well as disease prevention and health promotion, including assessment of patients’ overall health status and its impact on oral health care. For adult new patient appointments, phone 216.368.8730.