Renovations put the School of Dental Medicine on the cutting edge.
Bright, modern and outfitted with the latest dental technology, our clinic renovations are taking the patient and student experience to the next level. Thanks to a historic $25 million investment in the school’s future, we are strengthening student and patient recruitment efforts through greatly improved teaching and patient care environments.
As we prepare for the future, we're focusing on the exciting next phase of our renovations, which includes a new Special Care Clinic for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
The state-of-the-art Dr. C. Brian Preston Orthodontic Clinic was unveiled in April 2026 following a $2.9 million renovation project. The 4,100+ square foot clinic is named in honor of Dr. C. Brian Preston, who chaired the Department of Orthodontics from 1997-2014. The renovated clinic posts a well-lit, open-concept design with 20 modern dental units and dedicated support areas.
The improvements started in 2018 with the completion of the B30 clinic, where second-year students develop their manual skills. Here, students take hand-skills based courses in spacious workplaces with large television screens that give every student a perfect view of videos and demos. In addition, the clinic has a scanning center and CAD-CAM design center for making crowns.
Dentists working in implant, prosthodontics, advanced education in general dentistry, periodontics and endodontics spend their time in the state-of-the-art first floor postgraduate clinic. Here, patients and dentists have access to best-in-class technology including more digital dentistry, intra-oral scanners, a 3D camera device, a new laser, more lab space and a digital X-ray sensor.
The Buhite-DiMino Center for Implant Dentistry and Advanced Dental Education formally opened in April 2023. The ultra-modern workstations are reserved primarily for surgical procedures to allow patients to receive dental implants. The center was built using a generous $2 million donation from the Frank DiMino Foundation.
Entering Squire Hall, patients are greeted by the spacious, inviting Stephanie T. Niciszewska Mucha and Joseph J. Mucha Patient Welcome Center. Completed in 2021, the renovation was made possible by a generous $1 million donation from Stephanie Mucha.