The development of competent and self confident oral health practitioners who:

  • as self-directed thinkers and decision makers adapt to change and challenge,
  • value education as an ongoing process and not the end product,
  • exhibit the integrity and ethics that are necessary to insure the delivery of quality dental care to a diverse population,
  • commit and actively contribute to the betterment of the dental professions,
  • improve public understanding and appreciation of oral health and its integral importance to individual and community health,
  • reflect the current state of the art of allied dental practice.