University of the East College of Dentistry

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College of Dentistry
Established	1948
Type	Private
Dean	Brenda S. Dey
Location	Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines
Website	www.ue.edu.ph/manila/dentistry.htm

The University of the East College of Dentistry was first established as a unit of the Philippine College of Commerce and Business Administration in 1948. The college is one of the pioneers of dental education and labeled as one of the top dental schools in the Philippines.

Contents 1 History 2 Curricular Offerings 3 Graduate Program 3.1 Master of Science in Dentistry Programs 4 Outstanding Alumni in Practice of Dentistry 5 See Also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] History

The College of Dentistry was first established as a unit of the Philippine College of Commerce and Business Administration in 1948 and was granted government recognition on July 1, 1950. The Board of Trustees entrusted the deanship of the College to Dr. Casto del Rosario. He was succeeded in 1952 by Dr. Genaro B. Felizardo, an equally able and dedicated educator, having been a faculty member and College Secretary of the UP College of Dentistry.

In July 1964, the College of Dentistry transferred from UE Manila to Quezon City, where it shared the campus with the UE Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center (UERMMMC) College of Medicine, School of Nursing and the UE Research Center. This was a fulfillment of the dream of then President and Chairman Francisco T. Dalupan, Sr. to house the health sciences in one campus.

In 1968, another change in the leadership of the College occurred when Dr. Francisco M. Herbosa assumed the position upon the death of Dr. Felizardo. Dr. Herbosa was the first UE Dental Board topnotcher and a member of class 1950, the first batch of dental graduates of the College. During his term, UE dental graduates began to top the Dentist Licensure Examinations, a remarkable feat which they have done up to the present. Dr. Herbosa also implemented a lot of improvements in the College, such as the expansion of the clinical laboratory and library facilities, faculty and student development programs, as well as curricular upgrading and enrichment.

Upon the retirement of Dr. Herbosa in 1987, Dr. Diampo J. Lim was appointed the fourth Dean of the College. Prior to his assumption of the deanship, Dr. Lim was the Associate Dean and a professor of the College. He has been instrumental in securing the Postgraduate Monbusho Scholarship Grant to Japan for deserving faculty members of the College. He was the first UE recipient and the first Philippine dental graduate who was awarded the said scholarship grant. Under his leadership, the College has established linkages with schools of dentistry of three universities abroad: Aichi-Gakuin University Dental School of Nagoya, Japan; the New York University Dental School in the USA; and the College of Dentistry of the University of Rennes I in France.

In June 1988, to give way to the University’s plan to add new curricular offerings in the UERMMMC College of Medicine and for the College of Dentistry to be able to expand its facilities to keep abreast with new trends and developments in Dental Medicine, a gradual transfer of the College from the Quezon City Campus to the UE Manila Campus was initiated. It started with the freshmen dental proper students enrolled in SY 1988-1989 who started holding classes in the new Dental Build­ing (formerly the Science Building) along Gastambide Street, UE Manila.

[edit] Curricular Offerings

• Doctor of Dental Medicine, DMD

• Associate in Health Science Education (ASHE)

[edit] Graduate Program

In keeping with its 60-year-old tradition of excellence in education, the University of the East, College of Dentistry (UECD) in Manila is now offering four master of Science in Dentistry courses to qualified local and foreign students. These special 2-year courses aim to equip dentists with the necessary knowledge and skills to make them at par with the world’s best.

[edit] Master of Science in Dentistry Programs

• Periodontics

• Orthodontics

• Prosthodontics

• Endodontics

[edit] Outstanding Alumni in Practice of Dentistry

Dr. Luis F. Orosa	Former Executive Vice President, Philippine Dental Association
Dr. Diampo J. Lim	Former President-Elect/Ex Officio, Asia Pacific Dental Federation
Dr. Ma. Teresa De Jesus Amador	(Doctor of Dental Medicine, 1974) Private Dental Practitioner. Professor in Dental Medicine. Member of the Board of Dentistry, Professional Regulation Commission. Member, Technical Panel for Dental Educ. Commission on Higher Education
Dr. Elmer Bangloy	(Doctor of Dental medicine, 1975) Family Dentistry, Los Angeles, California. Member, Board of Dental Examiners State of California
Dr. Manuel P. Cunanan	(Doctor of Dental Medicine, 1974) Dental Director, Rhode Island Child, Inc. Practicing dentist in Rhode Island, USA
Dr. Loreto P. Estrada-Balcita	(Doctor of Dental Medicine, 1962) Practitioner Dentist
Dr. Norma Reyes-Ayap	(Doctor of Dental Medicine 1962) Private Dental Practitioner. Member of the Board of Dentistry Professional Regulation Commission
Dr. Aida H. Salcedo	(Doctor of Dental Medicine, 1960) Head- Pediatric Dentistry Division Philippine Children's Medical Center

[edit] See Also

• University of the East

[edit] References

• University of the East http://www.ue.edu.ph
• University of the East College of Dentistry http://www.ue.edu.ph/manila/dentistry.htm

[edit] External links

• University of the East
• University of the East College of Dentistry

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