Patient Treatment Rooms

Support excellence in teaching, learning, and patient care and create a legacy at GSDM

Where do dentists really learn the art and science of their profession?

At the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM), we teach dentistry in a variety of spaces and in many different ways. But most dentists would agree that the operatories—which we call patient treatment rooms—are the most important and memorable spaces of our education. There, dentist and live patient first meet.

Third and fourth-year DMD and second-year DMD Advanced Standing students spend nearly all of their time in these rooms. Under close faculty supervision, they begin to apply their classroom learning to the care of actual patients. They learn to collaborate with dental colleagues. And, perhaps most importantly, they learn how truly satisfying it is to help someone in need of good oral health care.

As part of the planned renovation and expansion of the Lawrence J. and Anne Cable Rubenstein Building, GSDM’s total predoctoral clinical space will be increased by more than 60 percent. There will be 100 patient treatment rooms available to students in our DMD program—each more spacious and fully equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, instruments, and technology. They are designed to measurably enhance the experiences of all three key “users”: our students, whose learning will be enriched; our faculty and staff, whose teaching will be greatly facilitated by top-line facilities and tools; and certainly our patients, who already receive treatment on par with that of the best private practices—and who will now have surroundings commensurate with that care.

GSDM’s alumni and friends will be critical partners in this essential facilities enhancement project.

Why donor support matters

Individual donors or married couples can name a patient treatment room at the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine with a gift of $25,000.

GSDM students will see these donor names on a daily basis, reminding them that today’s successful professional was once a hardworking student as well, and perhaps inspiring them to give back once they’ve achieved professional success. We see our patient treatment rooms as the hub of a GSDM education. When they bear the names of our alumni and friends, they will also serve as strong ties that bind our proud community—and signal our shared commitment to delivering the very best oral health care, wherever we are.