UNLV牙科医学院（SDM）的主要功能是提供世界一流的口腔健康教育，同时满足内华达州居民的牙科需求。为此，UNLV SDM将通过向社区提供口腔保健服务的创新计划，生物医学和临床课程的整合以及研究，来推动内华达州居民的健康发展。为此，它要求SDM拥有一套清晰，有效和可衡量的学生学习标准/能力。然后，将这些用于制定可测量的目标，并将其设置为SDM学院的可行框架。<br> UNLV SDM教育计划是四年制的学术计划，包括十一（11）个完整学期，约5,000个小时的学习时间。成立于2002年的UNLV牙科医学院建
The primary function of UNLV School of Dental Medicine (SDM) is to provide world class oral health education while providing for the dental needs of Nevada residents. In doing this, UNLV SDM will be a driving educational force toward improving the health of the citizens of Nevada through innovative programs of oral healthcare services to the community, integrated biomedical and clinical curricula, and research. To accomplish this, it requires SDM to have an established clear, valid, and measurable set of student standards/competencies for learning. These are then used to formulate measurable objectives that are set into a workable framework for SDM Faculty.<br><br>The UNLV SDM education program is a four year academic program consisting of eleven (11) full semesters, and approximately 5,000 contact hours. The UNLV School of Dental Medicine, founded in 2002, established a curriculum that was designed to permit seamless vertical and horizontal integration of the three disciplines of biomedical, behavioral, and clinical sciences. The original intent of the UNLV-SDM's mission was to offer foundation subject matter concurrently with clinical instruction, to this end, clinical presentations and discussions are included in biomedical courses (and vice versa). Behavioral science topics are offered in the context of the clinical setting. The requirement for foundational knowledge in achieving clinical competency is recognized as the cornerstone of the curriculum.