The small class size enables School of Dental Medicine to provide a supportive, nurturing environment that guides our students’ growth and promotes independence and maturity. Faculty are routinely available to help reinforce material presented in lectures, encourage students with special interests, or offer assistance with developing clinical skills. The School of Dental Medicine has created a culture of science within the school. Students develop the understanding that scientific enquiry is a necessity to fully develop as professionals. Through participation in research projects, students are encouraged to explore the edge of current technologies and work with faculty in developing new paradigms for the therapy of disease.

Please feel free to write, or telephone us at the address listed below for more information:

School of Dental Medicine
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8700
Phone: (631) 632-8900

• Didactic and technique courses are graded A (Superior), B (Good), C (Satisfactory), F (Failure).
• Patient care courses and seminars are graded H (Honors), S (Satisfactory), U (Unsatisfactory).
• W (Withdrawal) grade may be used if a student is given permission to withdraw from a course in progress.
• I (Incomplete) grades may be given in cases where students do not complete the required coursework by the stated end of a course due to circumstances beyond their control. This grade will be changed to an appropriate letter grade upon completion of outstanding course requirements. This grade must be resolved by the end of the next academic quarter or start of the next school year (whichever comes first); otherwise it will be automatically changed to an F unless these deadlines are extended by written request of the course director.
• R (Requirements) grade may be used in cases where students do not complete their clinical requirements by the end of any given year. Upon satisfactory completion in the following year the student's grade will be changed appropriately.

• Encourage your patients and civic leaders to support patient care programs and the educational experience offered by the Dental School.
• Commit yourself to enhancing dentistry as a career.
• Serve as a resource to the dental students at the school.
• Be willing to discuss, share, and provide ideas about dental meetings, practice, and general experiences that could benefit our students and alumni.
• Encourage visits to your office, institution, and hospital.
• Recommend and help find opportunities for our future dental student alumni leaders.

We wish to express our deepest appreciation to those graduates who have participated in the Student Mentoring Interpersonal Learning Experience (SMILE), those who have offered suggestions, have telephoned to say hello, informed us of an address change, and those who dropped us a note to tell us of your happenings at home and in your professional life.

Warm regards,

Dr. Kathy Yunger, Director of Alumni, Development, and Public Relations

Dr. Maria E. Ryan, ('89), President, Stony Brook Dental Alumni Association