Restrictions to Access

Materials in Boxes 5 and 6 are CLOSED to researchers for 75 years from the date of their creation because of the confidentiality of social security numbers.

Restrictions to Use

No usage restrictions.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Office of Academic Affairs of the School of Dentistry of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records #40343, University Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from the Office of Academic Affairs of the School of Dentistry in February 2011 (Records transfer 20101116.1).

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

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• Dental schools--North Carolina.
• Dentistry--Study and teaching--North Carolina.
• Education, Higher--North Carolina--History--21st century.
• Health occupations schools--North Carolina--History.
• Universities and colleges--Accreditation--North Carolina.
• Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Curricula.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History--21st century.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Dentistry--Accreditation.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Dentistry--Curricula.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Dentistry.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Dentistry. Office of Academic Affairs.

• Office of the Dean of the Graduate School Records (#40107)
• Office of the Vice Provost for Health Affairs Records (#40110)

The School of Dentistry of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was established by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1949, and the first classes were admitted in the fall of 1950. As of 2012, the school offered a full array of degree programs in the fields of dentistry and oral medicine, including nine master of science degree programs, two Ph.D. programs, several certificate programs, and the Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) degree. The school's Office of Academic Affairs, which reported to the Office of the Dean, was the unit responsible for administering academic programs.

Records include self-studies and other data compiled by the School of Dentistry's academic units for accreditations conducted by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association in 2003 and 2010. The materials, arranged in 54 bound volumes, pertain to the predoctoral educational program as a whole and to the individual degree and certificate programs offered by the school, including Advanced Education in General Dentistry, Dental Assisting, Dental Hygiene, General Practice Residency, Endodontics, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthodontics, Pediatric Dentistry, Periodontics, and Prosthodontics. Included are constitutions and bylaws; curriculum information; course descriptions and syllabi; faculty vitae; program goals and objectives; outcome assessment plans; and academic policies and procedures.