The Department of General Dental Sciences is one of four departments supporting the educational, patient care and research missions of the Marquette School of Dentistry. The department encompasses the broad disciplines of Oral Medicine, Oral Radiology, Cariology, Dental Biomaterials, Operative Dentistry and Prosthodontics.
The Department of General Dental Sciences is responsible for the major portion of the basic, applied and clinical sciences components of the pre-doctoral curriculum. This gives us the opportunity to interact closely with predoctoral students throughout the 4-year program. Educational activities in these programs relate to oral diagnosis, caries disease management, evidence-based decision-making, treatment planning, applied biomaterials, restorative dentistry, fixed and removable prosthodontics, dental implants, digital dentistry, among others.
We have a dedicated and highly skilled team of faculty and staff with the training, clinical and didactic experiences to provide student-centered education and patient-centered comprehensive oral health care.
All our programs utilize science, evidence-based approaches, skills and technology to transform our students into competent, safe, caring and independent professionals and leaders in dentistry. We proudly foster an environment of care, mentoring and professionalism.
The purpose of the prosthodontic residency program is to provide progressive clinical, laboratory and didactic training, closely supervised, at the post-graduate level in fixed, removable, maxillofacial and implant prosthodontics. The interrelation of other medical/dental clinical specialties is also emphasized. The program integrates a research project in the biomedical sciences with a comprehensive clinical experience, culminating in the award of a master of science in dentistry (Read more).
The M.S. program in Dental Biomaterials is offered to individuals who want to pursue advanced study in dental biomaterials. A major component of the program is conducting a research project, culminating in the successful completion of a master’s thesis and defense (Read more).
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Dr. Rhoda SwordDr. Rhoda Sword joined Marquette University in August 2026 after nearly 20 years as a full-time faculty member at the Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University, where she served as DCG Skills Development Coordinator, Sophomore Clinic Coordinator, and course director for Introduction to Clinical Dentistry and other courses. Among her many accolades, she was a recipient of the 2023 Dental College of Georgia Teaching Excellence Award and 2022 Augusta University Mental Health Services Award. She was also recently inducted into OKU (Omicron Kappa Upsilon) as a faculty member. Sword is a 1999 graduate of Baylor University and received her Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from DCG at AU in 2003. In 2024, she received a Master’s in Public Health in Healthcare Management from AU. |
Ms. Janet Schmidt
Office Associate
Dept. of General Dental Sciences
Marquette University School of Dentistry, Room 336
P.O. Box 1881
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
Phone: (414) 288-0761
janet.schmidt@marquette.edu
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