Clinical Leadership

Our clinic sees approximately 18,500

patients per year and performs over 120,000

procedures annually.

BE PART OF CLINICAL LEADERSHIP

DETROIT MERCY DENTAL CLINICS

Detroit Mercy Dental offers extensive hands-on clinical training in a variety of settings including; an on-campus clinic, a hospitalbased clinic, mobile dental unit, and community-based rotations at partnering sites throughout the state of Michigan. These diverse and unique opportunities prepare you to treat a range of patients and perform complex procedures. Detroit Mercy Dental ensures excellent practical experience so you will hit the ground running in your career.

From classroom to clinic, all educational settings are supplied with a variety of sophisticated digital learning equipment. By incorporating modern technologies, you will graduate as an advantaged provider with the necessary skills, critical thinking abilities, and knowledge essential to be successful in your profession.

DETROIT MERCY DENTAL CAMPUS CLINICS

Corktown

The Corktown Campus became Detroit Mercy Dental’s home in 2008 and is a contemporary facility. More than $2 million has been invested in new equipment, including 187 dental chairs, more than $200,000 of radiology and digital screening equipment and $300,000 of new dispensary equipment. We utilize electronic health records, digital radiography, CAD/ CAM units, as well as other cutting-edge technology.

Detroit Mercy Dental clinics are the only sites for several types of specialist care offered in Detroit, proving us to be an invaluable resource to our community. As a result, this provides unique and abundant learning experiences for students.

University Health Center

The Detroit Mercy Dental’s hospital-based clinic is located at Detroit Receiving Hospital/University Health Center (UHC) in the Detroit Medical Center. UHC is a 42-chair clinic, one of the largest hospital-based clinics of any dental school in the United States, meeting the oral health needs of thousands of patients each year.

COMMUNITY-BASED CLINICAL EXPERIENCES

Community-based experiences are an essential part of our curriculum and the capstone of public health learning. Through patient encounters, you will be able to recognize social determinants of health and disparities that plague communities and grow in cultural competence. Our programs help create sustainable solutions for populations in need and have measurable impacts on the populations we serve.

Mobile Dental Clinic

During the third and fourth years, students treat patients at our eightchair mobile clinic, which is equipped to provide comprehensive care to children and adults and travels throughout metro Detroit.

Service-Learning Rotations

Fourth-year students attend rotations at partnering community clinics. There, you will learn first-hand about access to care issues and underserved areas throughout Michigan. You will engage in unique patient contact scenarios and clinical experiences which will help you grow as a provider.

WHAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE TO SAY...

“The transition from the classroom to clinic was intimidating, but very exciting! Although you can never be truly prepared to swap typodonts for humans, our coursework integrated clinical scenarios from the beginning. Professors and simulation lab instructors connected curriculum to real world situations, so we would be ready and prepared to treat patients.”