The following is a list of important events in MUSC College of Dental Medicine history. The information is updated regularly. Please report any errors or omissions to the Waring Historical Library.
Year |
Events |
| 1952 |
South Carolina Dental Association recommended establishment of a dental school at the Medical College. |
| 1953 |
SC General Assembly approved the establishment of the Dental School at the Medical College of South Carolina |
| 1964 |
State legislature passed funding for dental school |
| 1967 |
First class of dental students admitted |
| 1968 |
First residency program began in Oral Surgery |
| 1968 |
Construction began on the dental school |
| 1970 |
Basic Science Building opened to house dental school |
| 1971 |
First class graduated |
| 1971 |
3 year curriculum implemented |
| 1972 |
First clinic |
| 1973 |
Prosthodontic and pediatric dentistry residency programs began |
| 1974 |
First African-American male graduate, Dr. George McTeer |
| 1974 |
First female graduate, Dr. Cathy Moss Owens |
| 1975 |
General practice residency began |
| 1977 |
Returned to a 4 year curriculum |
| 1980 |
Periodontics residency began |
| 1983 |
First female African American graduated, Dorothea Gertrude Taylor |
| 2006 |
Groundbreaking for new clinical building |
| 2006 |
Orthodontics residency began |
| 2007 |
Construction began on new clinical building |
| 2008 |
Department of Oral Health Sciences established. |
| 2010 |
New clinical building dedicated and college renamed after President Emeritus James B. Edwards |
| 2010 |
Endodontic residency program began |
