A.T. Still University's (ATSU) Missouri School of Dentistry and Oral Health (ATSU-MOSDOH) and the Grace Hill Health Centers broke ground on a new 79,000-sq-ft dental education facility and clinic in St. Louis this week. The university also announced it has received a $1 million grant by the Missouri Foundation for Health to assist in the design and construction of the facility.
The dental clinic will serve as the primary clinical education site for dental students in at ATSU-MOSDOH and enable more than 39,000 patient visits per year in the St. Louis metro area, according to the university. The clinic is expected to have up to 95 dental chairs to provide care to patients of all ages.
The goal of ATSU-MOSDOH is to educate a new generation of community-minded dentists who will help fill widespread oral healthcare workforce gaps in rural and urban communities, specifically within safety-net settings where outreach to underserved patients is achieved.
