Mission statement
The primary mission of the Department of General Practice is to educate general practitioners of dentistry within the scope of areas of the department's responsibility. Within this mission is the definition and provision of quality oral health care to the public and educating dental students to be capable of providing preventive and treatment services in an ethical and professional manner. Implicit in this mission statement is the directive that the department will continue to respond to the existing and future primary dental care needs of the people in the Commonwealth.