Community Impact
Data from the DDS Class of 2022
38,633 procedures completed
10% working as a staff dentist or resident at a Community Health Center
1,703 students have participated in the ACTS Program (graduates from Classes of 1986-2022)
In your fourth year of dental school (DDS program), you will immerse yourself into our Advanced Clinical Training & Service (ACTS) Program. The program allows you to have extended rotations—where you’ll treat five to six patients each day in one of our community-based health clinics.
This model is a true win-win as you will experience life-changing education, patients receive life-enhancing dental care, and there is a significant community impact to address access to care issues.
Life-Changing Education
Current students and alumni say that the ACTS Program is one of their favorite experiences of the DDS curriculum. The reason behind that statement is because students will:
After the ACTS experience, students say while they were previously committed to participating in private practice after graduation, the ACTS Program changed their thinking, and they want to give back in different ways. More than 40 percent of the community-based preceptors in these underserved urban and rural community health centers are CU alumni and graduates of the ACTS Program.
Community Impact
Data from the DDS Class of 2022
38,633 procedures completed
10% working as a staff dentist or resident at a Community Health Center
1,703 students have participated in the ACTS Program (graduates from Classes of 1986-2022)