牙科外科博士前课程（DDS）课程的目标是教育重视健康促进并具有诊断，管理和预防疾病，异常以及影响口腔和口周组织的其他状况的知识和技能的医疗保健专业人员。该课程涵盖了对生物医学，行为科学和临床科学以及与公众整体健康和福祉相关的社会问题的广泛理解。教育过程发展并增强了牙医对公众的道德责任，并对牙医作为卫生专业团队不可或缺的成员的作用有了敏锐的认识。在整个教育过程中，激发学生树立榜样和价值观，这些价值观和信念表明了该职业对世界范围内公共福利的承诺。
The DDS/MBA program represents a partnership between the NYU College of Dentistry and NYU Stern School of Business. In today's healthcare environment there's an increasing demand on dentists to manage both patient care and the business of dentistry. DDS/MBA graduates will be equipped with a business lens that enables them to excel in this setting.<br><br>While the DDS and MBA degrees typically require six years of study when pursued independently, the dual degree program takes only five years. The first two years are spent at the College of Dentistry, and they last three years are divided between the College of Dentistry and Stern.<br><br>Students enrolled in the dual DDS/MBA program begin at NYU College of Dentistry on a full-time basis for the first two years. During the third calendar year, students take core MBA courses while continuing to hone their clinical skills eight hours a week at the College of Dentistry. During the fourth and fifth calendar years, the College of Dentistry remains their home as they take their remaining DDS and MBA courses within a flexible format that allows them to move clinical practice time when needed and take business courses when offered.