Touro College of Dental Medicine graduates expertly trained, compassionate dentists with hands-on experience in cutting-edge dental technology. Located on the campus of New York Medical College, you’ll learn within a collaborative environment enriched by the expertise of medical, graduate, and public health faculty. Our on-site teaching practice offers clinical training opportunities both here in New York and at our New Mexico campus.
Just under an hour from NYC, Touro College of Dental Medicine is housed in a state-of-the-art facility on a beautiful, scenic campus. Our four-year, accredited DDS program integrates biomedical, behavioral, and preclinical sciences, and prepares you for a fulfilling dental career with an excellent, comprehensive education.
With advances in technology and groundbreaking research, the landscape of dentistry has evolved in recent decades. At TCDM, we easily embrace the latest innovations and best practices to ensure our graduates are prepared for the current and future world of dentistry. The dental treatments stations you’ll use during your clinical training offer the most advanced dental technologies available, including digital impressions, digital treatment planning, 3D imaging, guided implant surgery and endodontic microscopy.
A lot has changed in dentistry. And we’re right there at the forefront, utilizing the most advanced equipment and instrumentation in the field.
Growth and Expansion
Our main location is on the New York Medical College (NYMC) campus which gives us access to NYMC faculty expertise in medicine, biomedical sciences, health sciences, and public health.
When we welcomed our first class at the NY campus in 2016, we were the 66th dental school to open in the United States, the first new dental school in New York State in over 50 years, and the first dental school in the U.S. under Jewish auspices.
Starting in July 2023, TCDM increased enrollment by 100 students per class, bringing the total number of students in each class to 214. All our dental students spend their first two years on TCDM’s Hawthorne, New York campus, learning biomedical foundational sciences and practicing simulated dental skills. The additional 100 students spend their last two clinical years at Touro College of Dental Medicine’s new Albuquerque, New Mexico dental facility treating patients. The other 114 continue their clinical education at the Touro Dental Health patient care facility on the NY campus.
Mission Driven
As a member of Touro University, Touro College of Dental Medicine (TCDM) incorporates the hallmarks of Touro—a high-quality education with a focus on public health and serving the local community—and aims to graduate expertly trained, compassionate dentists equipped to practice in the 21st century.
Why New Mexico
New Mexico is in dire need of oral healthcare professionals and has struggled with representation in dental education and dental resources. Recent studies found that New Mexico has only 48.4 dentists per 100,000 people, significantly below the national average of 60.84—one of the lowest ratios in the country. Students are more likely to practice where they receive their dental education and there is currently no dental school in New Mexico. In keeping with Touro’s mission to meet the needs of under-resourced communities, Touro College of Dental Medicine has heeded the call and aims to meet the needs of the Albuquerque, NM community and improve dental care in the area.
Meet Us and Tour the Campus
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[RONNIE MYERS]: Hello. I'm Dr. Ronnie Myers, Dean of the Touro College of Dental Medicine, part of the Touro College and University System, here to welcome you to a virtual tour of our exceptional educational, clinical, and physical facilities, located on the beautiful campus of New York Medical College in Westchester County.
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An exterior shot of the Touro College of Dental Medicine, surrounded by wide lawns and trees.
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[RONNIE MYERS]: A lot has changed in dentistry in the past few decades, and we are right here at the forefront. Founded in 2016, the Touro College of Dental Medicine is the newest dental school in the Northeast and the first to open its doors in New York State in more than 50 years. Our students have access to a robust curriculum, expert faculty, and the most current techniques and technology in dental education, preparing them for the future of dentistry.
[RONNIE MYERS]: During your tour today, you may notice that some images shown were filmed before the coronavirus pandemic. But rest assured, at TCDM, we've established rigorous protocols to keep our students, faculty, staff, and patients safe. In fact, we were one of the first dental schools in the country to mobilize and reopen our clinic doors to patients in need, allowing our students to continue their education and remain on track to graduate.
[RONNIE MYERS]: We certainly hope you will get a chance to visit us in person. And I, along with the entire faculty, look forward to that day.
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An aerial shot of the Touro College of Dental Medicine building and parking lot. The building has a mirror facade, and there are lots of trees surrounding it.
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[NARRATOR]: Touro College of Dental Medicine is located in Westchester County, just 25 miles North of Manhattan, in an iconic five-story mirror-facade building on Skyline Drive. This 248,000-square-foot complex houses almost all of its educational facilities under one roof, including Touro Dental Health, the college's clinical training facility built in 2018.
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Sign: Touro Dental Health. Edward F. Farkas, D.D.S, Vice Dean, Touro College of Dental Medicine. A montage shows students discussing, a doctor looking at a dental model on a computer screen with a student, students treating a patient and showing her a model of teeth, and dentists and students talking.
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[EDWARD F. FARKAS]: When the Touro College of Dental Medicine was started in 2016, some of our guiding principles were to create a program where the education was real-world based, where the environment where the education was delivered was warm and collegial, and where the cost of tuition was affordable.
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A montage shows students sitting in a classroom, dentists talking with students, students looking at 3D models, and students practicing on mannequin patients.
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We wanted to make sure that our students understood that we cared about them and that everything that we did was to surround them with the best dental education possible in an environment where they could thrive and feel good about it.
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Touro College of Dental Medicine is situated on the 54-acre campus of New York Medical College, one of the oldest and largest health sciences colleges in the country, and connected through a private access road, allowing students to walk, bike, drive, or take a free shuttle just 500 yards to the main campus.
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A doctor sits talking with a student as they look at a 3D model on a screen. Photos show students training on mannequins, students sitting in an auditorium for a lecture, students sitting in a cafeteria, a cafe, and a library, a basketball court, and a lounge area where students sit studying and chatting.
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[NARRATOR]: Our students utilize New York Medical College research facilities, an anatomy lab, a simulation training center, classrooms, and auditoriums, as well as many amenities, including a cafeteria and cafe, a bookstore, a health sciences library, sports facilities, and many common spaces.
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Madeleine Maas, D4, Touro College of Dental Medicine.
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[MADELEINE MAAS]:
Because we're on New York Medical College campus, you do get to work with medical students and PT students. So you really get to meet a whole bunch of medical professionals through extracurricular activities.
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A photo shows students sitting outside with professionals at an event. Students sit talking and studying outside.
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And so you build your network of health professionals, and you learn from each other too. So it's not just the Touro family, it's the whole campus family, which is really nice.
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A sign on a wall, text: Touro College of Dental Medicine at New York Medical College. Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Zivia Schwartz Dental Education Floor. A montage shows a laboratory with desks and mannequin patients, a classroom with long tables and chairs, a lounge area, and offices.
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[NARRATOR]: The fourth floor of the Skyline Drive complex encompasses all of our preclinical and didactic learning spaces, a student lounge, and most administrative and faculty offices.
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Students work on mannequin patients. At the desks are computers.
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These spaces are designed to accommodate all dental students in each class at one time, allowing classmates to learn and work with one another throughout their dental school journey from classroom to laboratory to clinic.
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Oliver Viera, D2, Touro College of Dental Medicine.
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[OLIVER VIERA]: The support system is fantastic. You have that sense of community. It's not that really stressful, competitive. You're not fighting for anything. You realize that together, you accomplish way more because they know that it's when the group succeeds, everybody's thriving.
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A doctor speaks to a group of dental students, who stand together smiling. A sign on a wall, text: Simulation Laboratory. A montage of shots of the laboratory.
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[NARRATOR]: Touro College of Dental Medicine's dental Simulation Laboratory features 116 fully functioning and ergonomically correct stations designed to mimic a high-end, private practice dental operatory. The addition of lifelike 3D-printed teeth to the mannequins improves the fidelity of the simulation and helps create a seamless transition from lab to clinic.
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Large windows surround the laboratory.
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Large wrap-around windows are a special feature of the lab, which reveal beautiful scenic views from every seat and create an inspirational and uplifting environment for learning.
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Priya Sethi, D1, Touro College of Dental Medicine.
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[PRIYA SETHI]: My favorite part of the week is when I get to go into the simulation lab, and I get to spend a few hours there and really work in the beautiful spaces.
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A student performs dental work on a mannequin patient, wearing a head lamp that shines on the mannequin's mouth.
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Each student gets their own unit and their own desk space, and it's beautiful views with the windows all around. And the teachers can come over to us, and doctors can come over to us to help us. It's a great environment, and the facility is phenomenal.
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A man sits at a computer screen. There are several large screens showing different analytics and figures.
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[NARRATOR]: A robust IT infrastructure is the backbone of the Touro College of Dental Medicine's Sim Lab educational experience.
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A hand taps an access card on a card reader. A computer screen then turns on. Hands type in a password and log in. An X-ray image of teeth appears on the screen. A person scrolls through software with different graphs and data. A doctor talks to a student, showing a 3D model of teeth.
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Tapping one's access card to a reader attached to the thin client network quickly opens their digital desktop, which comes equipped with over 50 different available software packages, including the latest in dental scanning, design, and planning as well as Axiom, the practice management system used in clinical practice.
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A student looks at an X-ray image of teeth. A doctor speaks to students in the Simulation Lab. Students work at computers in the lab.
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[NARRATOR]: Using an intuitive and sophisticated audiovisual system, faculty present lectures or simulated clinical demonstrations from a central podium with ultra-sharp videos and sound perfectly broadcast to each laboratory station throughout the 8,000-square-foot room simultaneously.
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A wet/dry laboratory with several tables and stations. Several dental tools lie arranged on a table. A student holds up an X-ray to a patient's mouth. A doctor shows a student a printed model of teeth.
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The simulation lab is supported by a wet/dry laboratory, equipment dispensary, a digital radiology lab, and a new digital dentistry laboratory opening in fall of 2020.
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A doctor talks to a student as he rotates a 3D model on a screen. A student performs dental work on a mannequin. A doctor draws on a dental model as students watch.
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[EDWARD F. FARKAS]: The digital dentistry curriculum is at the heart of dental education. If our students learn these lessons well, it would allow them to become digital thought leaders in the industry.
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A room with several long tables and chairs, with several large televisions and projector screens.
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[NARRATOR]: Our testing center features collaborative table seating and an advanced audiovisual system. This combination of design and technology provides our dental students with a flexible learning space for both in-person classes and remote learning activities. The testing center's proximity to the sim laboratory, just across the hall, provides an easy and natural transition from didactic learning to hands-on practice.
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A doctor lectures to a class, pointing to a projected image of teeth.
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[NARRATOR]: Often, the day starts with a lecture in the testing center followed by hands-on practice in the sim lab.
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A student works on a mannequin's teeth in the Sim Lab. A spacious lounge with several chairs and sofas, large windows, and seating with tables by the windows. Students sit on a couch smiling and relaxing. A student studies at a desk in the lounge. Students talk.
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Our spacious and modern student lounge is a flexible space for students to relax, study, and connect with one another.
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A shot of a pool table in the lounge. Students play ping-pong and pool.
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Used for both study and play, the lounge hosts a variety of events, such as the Touro College of Dental Medicine Annual Ping-Pong Tournament and those put on by our Student Government Association or many student organizations and clubs. Whether you enjoy a game of pool or ping-pong or just like to be a spectator, this space is designated to encourage social interaction and fun.
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[MADELEINE MAAS]: We have a lot of student organizations, from intramural sports to Endodontics Club, Prosthodontics Club-- pretty much every specialty has a club. And I think that gives students an opportunity to not only add something to their resume, which a lot of people are looking for. It gives them leadership opportunities, which is really cool.
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[OLIVER VIERA]:
The Student Government Association is really great because if there are concerns that anybody ever has, or there are things that they want to improve within the school that they see, you talk to your class representatives. They bring it up in meetings that they have with the faculty. The whole goal is to just improve student life here.
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[NARRATOR]: The fourth floor is also home to Touro College of Dental Medicine's administrative offices, including the Office of the Deans, the Office of Student Affairs, and many faculty and staff offices.
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Being located only steps from the educational spaces encourages a culture of openness, collaboration, and camaraderie between students and their faculty. Students are always welcome and regularly frequent these corridors, and no question, concern, or idea is ever too small for a conversation with leadership.
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Abe Hashim, D3, Touro College of Dental Medicine.
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[ABE HASHIM]: The other thing is that we have here at Touro is the open-door policy with our administration and faculty members.
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It makes me feel great as a student that I have a say in what happens in my dental education and my future. And they actually really encourage us to speak up to get involved and to be part of everything.
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A shot of a sterilization processing facility. A masked-up student places equipment in a sterile processing machine. A sterile processing machine washes equipment.
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[NARRATOR]: Our professional-grade instrument sterilization processing facility includes state-of-the-art sterilization processes and chain of custody verification tools that meet the most stringent industry standards and safety regulations.
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Packaged dental instruments sit on a table.
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Instruments are delivered to our clinical training facility and stocked throughout the day by a team of professionals.
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A man pushes a cart with dental instruments. A sign on a wall, text: Touro Dental Health. A shot of a waiting room with a front desk. We move through a hallway past exam rooms, each with a computer.
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[NARRATOR]: Touro Dental Health, our 42,000-square-foot clinical training facility occupies the entire third floor of the Skyline Drive complex.
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Opened in 2018, this modern, 115-chair facility includes our six separate comprehensive care practices as well as specialty clinics in oral surgery, endodontics, orthodontics, pediatrics, and complex care.
[NARRATOR]: Each of the well-thought-out ergonomic operatories was designed with the most advanced technology to improve efficiency and the patient's experience. The space is a meticulous replication of a sophisticated private dental practice, which helps prepare and educate students for practice.
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Students work on a patient's teeth. A student shows a patient a 3D model of their teeth. Shots of teeth being scanned on a monitor, a CT machine, a patient having a panoramic dental X-ray done, and a 3D printer.
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[NARRATOR]: Available technology for everyday clinic use includes X-ray units in each operatory, more than 20 3Shape intraoral scanners, three Cone Beam CT, and four panoramic radiographic units -- and a host of sophisticated 3D printers and milling machines.
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Students stand talking looking at a screen in an exam room as a patient sits in the chair.
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In addition, our innovative thin client network makes patient care and education seamless.
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[NARRATOR]: A unique aspect of the Touro College of Dental Medicine Clinical Training Program is the pairing of third-year students with their fourth-year upperclassmen.
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Students and upperclassman work on a patient's mouth.
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These student teams work together, learn from one another, and help each other succeed.
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The overall effect is an environment where no student is left behind, and each student has maximal patient experiences.
[NARRATOR]: Contributing to their success is the small size of the individual clinical practice units with 14 chairs, a superb faculty-to-student ratio, and a dedicated team of staff available to support students.
[MADELEINE MAAS]: As a third-year, I had the most amazing fourth-year. She was absolutely incredible and really helped me learn the ways of the clinic and learn how to apply what I learned in pre-clinic to patient care. And now that I'm a fourth-year, I get to do the same thing to my D3 and help and guide her.
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A student works on a child's teeth. Students work together on different patients.
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[NARRATOR]: Working alongside expert faculty in every specialty of dentistry, our students receive a well-rounded dental education with more hands-on experience in specialty clinics than many dental schools provide, given there are no postdoctoral programs.
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[NARRATOR]: They also gain valuable clinical experience through externships with community-based partners, including regional hospitals, federally qualified health centers, and clinics for special needs patients, some of which are located on campus.
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A student stands with several professionals outside a large van in a parking lot, a sign on its side, text: Westchester Institute for Human Development Mobile Dental Clinic.
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These valuable week-long experiences are designed to provide students with exposure to different areas of dentistry.
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A photo shows dental students with a child in an exam room.
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[OLIVER VIERA]: I got involved with Give Kids a Smile last year, and it gave me an opportunity to help give basic cleanings and screenings to kids around the area.
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A dental student examines and cleans a child's teeth. A photo shows dental students talking to children. A child brushes a stuffed animal's teeth.
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And all of this stuff is encouraged and facilitated by the administration. So by the time you graduate, you will have given back to your community in some capacity or another.
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A sign on a wall, text: New York Medical College, A Member of the Touro College and University System, Family Health Center.
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[NARRATOR]: The New York Medical College Family Health Center provides continuous and integrated primary care to dental patients in the greater community.
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Its placement within Touro's dental training facility is a unique feature to most dental schools.
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A montage shows dental students cleaning and working on patients' teeth in exam rooms and chatting with patients.
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This close proximity and affiliation creates an integration of oral health with primary care; enriching education opportunities for dental students; improving patient outcomes; and promoting the new model of dental health, which recognizes the important link between oral and overall systemic health.
[RONNIE MYERS]: The Family Health Center within the Touro College of Dental Medicine enables our students to interprofessionally work with physicians together to make sure that their patients, essentially, get the best possible care. We can provide better care for the patient who has chronic disease, such as diabetes, or is being treated for cancer. And we get a better educational experience for our students in this interprofessional relationship.
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[NARRATOR]: Additional education facilities, study spaces, and student amenities are located on the ground floor of the Skyline Drive complex. Classes and lectures may take place in our 120-seat auditorium, just one of several large auditoriums and conference facilities located on campus.
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The Skyline Dining Room and adjacent Annex Room have been designed as flexible spaces and regularly host classes, seminars, meetings, and events in addition to its use as a dining facility.
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Outdoor seating is also available on our plaza and throughout the campus.
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[NARRATOR]: Also on the ground floor is the Skyline Health Sciences Library, a 3,000-square-foot communal learning space, including a reading room and several recently renovated spaces available for small groups or independent study.
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The main branch of the Health Sciences Library is located on the New York Medical College campus and is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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This 19,000-square-foot facility provides additional capacity and resources on site as well as online.
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[NARRATOR]: Just down the hall, the fitness center is open daily from 6 AM to midnight and includes a variety of modern exercise equipment as well as lockers, showers, and changing rooms.
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A large aerobic studio space is used for yoga and other group fitness classes.
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Other amenities located within the Skyline Drive complex include a cafe, student locker rooms, a student vending and lunchroom, a lactation room, a room designated for prayer and worship. And a synagogue is also located on campus.
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[NARRATOR]: Touro College of Dental Medicine is located just 30 minutes from Manhattan yet situated in the peaceful suburbs of Westchester County in the scenic Hudson Valley. Westchester County offers the diversity, culture, and proximity of New York City in a suburban setting. From mountains to downtown city streets, Westchester's abundant attractions, outdoor adventure, great shopping and dining, and picturesque setting enhance social life for our students.
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[NARRATOR]: Our convenient location in the New York tri-state area provides students with numerous career, residency, clinical, and internship opportunities, including those with our affiliate hospitals and health centers.
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A photo shows a booth on a campus behind which several students stand. On the booth table cloth is text: Touro College of Dental Medicine at New York Medical College. Photos show dental students standing with a group of children in a school, working in a food bank, and examining a child's teeth as part of a mobile clinic.
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Touro College of Dental Medicine students also benefit from community service opportunities at local schools, community centers, food banks, and homeless shelters, serving diverse and vulnerable populations.
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These experiences offer a chance for students to put their learning into practice, conduct research, or interact with patients and professionals in preparation for their future careers.
[MADELEINE MAAS]: We really do have a wide variety of patients that we can see and a community that we can help. So there really is a plethora of opportunity here if you want to get involved with the local community and give back.
[RONNIE MYERS]: I hope you have enjoyed your tour, which is just a glimpse of our facilities and what's in store for you at the Touro College of Dental Medicine.
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A logo of a building with text: T.C. Touro College of Dental Medicine at New York Medical College. Where knowledge and values meet.
A logo of a building with text: T.C. Touro College of Dental Medicine at New York Medical College. Where knowledge and values meet. Ronnie Myers, D.D.S, Dean, Touro College of Dental Medicine.
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[RONNIE MYERS]: Hello. I'm Dr. Ronnie Myers, Dean of the Touro College of Dental Medicine, part of the Touro College and University System, here to welcome you to a virtual tour of our exceptional educational, clinical, and physical facilities, located on the beautiful campus of New York Medical College in Westchester County.
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An exterior shot of the Touro College of Dental Medicine, surrounded by wide lawns and trees.
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[RONNIE MYERS]: A lot has changed in dentistry in the past few decades, and we are right here at the forefront. Founded in 2016, the Touro College of Dental Medicine is the newest dental school in the Northeast and the first to open its doors in New York State in more than 50 years. Our students have access to a robust curriculum, expert faculty, and the most current techniques and technology in dental education, preparing them for the future of dentistry.
[RONNIE MYERS]: During your tour today, you may notice that some images shown were filmed before the coronavirus pandemic. But rest assured, at TCDM, we've established rigorous protocols to keep our students, faculty, staff, and patients safe. In fact, we were one of the first dental schools in the country to mobilize and reopen our clinic doors to patients in need, allowing our students to continue their education and remain on track to graduate.
[RONNIE MYERS]: We certainly hope you will get a chance to visit us in person. And I, along with the entire faculty, look forward to that day.
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An aerial shot of the Touro College of Dental Medicine building and parking lot. The building has a mirror facade, and there are lots of trees surrounding it.
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[NARRATOR]: Touro College of Dental Medicine is located in Westchester County, just 25 miles North of Manhattan, in an iconic five-story mirror-facade building on Skyline Drive. This 248,000-square-foot complex houses almost all of its educational facilities under one roof, including Touro Dental Health, the college's clinical training facility built in 2018.
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Sign: Touro Dental Health. Edward F. Farkas, D.D.S, Vice Dean, Touro College of Dental Medicine. A montage shows students discussing, a doctor looking at a dental model on a computer screen with a student, students treating a patient and showing her a model of teeth, and dentists and students talking.
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[EDWARD F. FARKAS]: When the Touro College of Dental Medicine was started in 2016, some of our guiding principles were to create a program where the education was real-world based, where the environment where the education was delivered was warm and collegial, and where the cost of tuition was affordable.
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A montage shows students sitting in a classroom, dentists talking with students, students looking at 3D models, and students practicing on mannequin patients.
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We wanted to make sure that our students understood that we cared about them and that everything that we did was to surround them with the best dental education possible in an environment where they could thrive and feel good about it.
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A montage shows an exterior shot of the college, shots of the campus of New York Medical College, and students walking together.
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Touro College of Dental Medicine is situated on the 54-acre campus of New York Medical College, one of the oldest and largest health sciences colleges in the country, and connected through a private access road, allowing students to walk, bike, drive, or take a free shuttle just 500 yards to the main campus.
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A doctor sits talking with a student as they look at a 3D model on a screen. Photos show students training on mannequins, students sitting in an auditorium for a lecture, students sitting in a cafeteria, a cafe, and a library, a basketball court, and a lounge area where students sit studying and chatting.
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[NARRATOR]: Our students utilize New York Medical College research facilities, an anatomy lab, a simulation training center, classrooms, and auditoriums, as well as many amenities, including a cafeteria and cafe, a bookstore, a health sciences library, sports facilities, and many common spaces.
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Madeleine Maas, D4, Touro College of Dental Medicine.
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[MADELEINE MAAS]:
Because we're on New York Medical College campus, you do get to work with medical students and PT students. So you really get to meet a whole bunch of medical professionals through extracurricular activities.
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A photo shows students sitting outside with professionals at an event. Students sit talking and studying outside.
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And so you build your network of health professionals, and you learn from each other too. So it's not just the Touro family, it's the whole campus family, which is really nice.
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A sign on a wall, text: Touro College of Dental Medicine at New York Medical College. Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Zivia Schwartz Dental Education Floor. A montage shows a laboratory with desks and mannequin patients, a classroom with long tables and chairs, a lounge area, and offices.
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[NARRATOR]: The fourth floor of the Skyline Drive complex encompasses all of our preclinical and didactic learning spaces, a student lounge, and most administrative and faculty offices.
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Students work on mannequin patients. At the desks are computers.
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These spaces are designed to accommodate all dental students in each class at one time, allowing classmates to learn and work with one another throughout their dental school journey from classroom to laboratory to clinic.
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Oliver Viera, D2, Touro College of Dental Medicine.
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[OLIVER VIERA]: The support system is fantastic. You have that sense of community. It's not that really stressful, competitive. You're not fighting for anything. You realize that together, you accomplish way more because they know that it's when the group succeeds, everybody's thriving.
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A doctor speaks to a group of dental students, who stand together smiling. A sign on a wall, text: Simulation Laboratory. A montage of shots of the laboratory.
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[NARRATOR]: Touro College of Dental Medicine's dental Simulation Laboratory features 116 fully functioning and ergonomically correct stations designed to mimic a high-end, private practice dental operatory. The addition of lifelike 3D-printed teeth to the mannequins improves the fidelity of the simulation and helps create a seamless transition from lab to clinic.
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Large windows surround the laboratory.
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Large wrap-around windows are a special feature of the lab, which reveal beautiful scenic views from every seat and create an inspirational and uplifting environment for learning.
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Priya Sethi, D1, Touro College of Dental Medicine.
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[PRIYA SETHI]: My favorite part of the week is when I get to go into the simulation lab, and I get to spend a few hours there and really work in the beautiful spaces.
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A student performs dental work on a mannequin patient, wearing a head lamp that shines on the mannequin's mouth.
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Each student gets their own unit and their own desk space, and it's beautiful views with the windows all around. And the teachers can come over to us, and doctors can come over to us to help us. It's a great environment, and the facility is phenomenal.
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A man sits at a computer screen. There are several large screens showing different analytics and figures.
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[NARRATOR]: A robust IT infrastructure is the backbone of the Touro College of Dental Medicine's Sim Lab educational experience.
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A hand taps an access card on a card reader. A computer screen then turns on. Hands type in a password and log in. An X-ray image of teeth appears on the screen. A person scrolls through software with different graphs and data. A doctor talks to a student, showing a 3D model of teeth.
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Tapping one's access card to a reader attached to the thin client network quickly opens their digital desktop, which comes equipped with over 50 different available software packages, including the latest in dental scanning, design, and planning as well as Axiom, the practice management system used in clinical practice.
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A student looks at an X-ray image of teeth. A doctor speaks to students in the Simulation Lab. Students work at computers in the lab.
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[NARRATOR]: Using an intuitive and sophisticated audiovisual system, faculty present lectures or simulated clinical demonstrations from a central podium with ultra-sharp videos and sound perfectly broadcast to each laboratory station throughout the 8,000-square-foot room simultaneously.
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A wet/dry laboratory with several tables and stations. Several dental tools lie arranged on a table. A student holds up an X-ray to a patient's mouth. A doctor shows a student a printed model of teeth.
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The simulation lab is supported by a wet/dry laboratory, equipment dispensary, a digital radiology lab, and a new digital dentistry laboratory opening in fall of 2020.
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A doctor talks to a student as he rotates a 3D model on a screen. A student performs dental work on a mannequin. A doctor draws on a dental model as students watch.
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[EDWARD F. FARKAS]: The digital dentistry curriculum is at the heart of dental education. If our students learn these lessons well, it would allow them to become digital thought leaders in the industry.
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A room with several long tables and chairs, with several large televisions and projector screens.
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[NARRATOR]: Our testing center features collaborative table seating and an advanced audiovisual system. This combination of design and technology provides our dental students with a flexible learning space for both in-person classes and remote learning activities. The testing center's proximity to the sim laboratory, just across the hall, provides an easy and natural transition from didactic learning to hands-on practice.
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A doctor lectures to a class, pointing to a projected image of teeth.
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[NARRATOR]: Often, the day starts with a lecture in the testing center followed by hands-on practice in the sim lab.
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A student works on a mannequin's teeth in the Sim Lab. A spacious lounge with several chairs and sofas, large windows, and seating with tables by the windows. Students sit on a couch smiling and relaxing. A student studies at a desk in the lounge. Students talk.
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Our spacious and modern student lounge is a flexible space for students to relax, study, and connect with one another.
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A shot of a pool table in the lounge. Students play ping-pong and pool.
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Used for both study and play, the lounge hosts a variety of events, such as the Touro College of Dental Medicine Annual Ping-Pong Tournament and those put on by our Student Government Association or many student organizations and clubs. Whether you enjoy a game of pool or ping-pong or just like to be a spectator, this space is designated to encourage social interaction and fun.
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A photo shows a basketball team in an auditorium. Students sit down at a table and chat.
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[MADELEINE MAAS]: We have a lot of student organizations, from intramural sports to Endodontics Club, Prosthodontics Club-- pretty much every specialty has a club. And I think that gives students an opportunity to not only add something to their resume, which a lot of people are looking for. It gives them leadership opportunities, which is really cool.
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A photo shows students sitting at a table together chatting and smiling.
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[OLIVER VIERA]:
The Student Government Association is really great because if there are concerns that anybody ever has, or there are things that they want to improve within the school that they see, you talk to your class representatives. They bring it up in meetings that they have with the faculty. The whole goal is to just improve student life here.
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A shot of a floor with offices, with a waiting area with couches outside of the offices.
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[NARRATOR]: The fourth floor is also home to Touro College of Dental Medicine's administrative offices, including the Office of the Deans, the Office of Student Affairs, and many faculty and staff offices.
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Doctors sit talking in a meeting room at a long table. Instructors sit talking with students.
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Being located only steps from the educational spaces encourages a culture of openness, collaboration, and camaraderie between students and their faculty. Students are always welcome and regularly frequent these corridors, and no question, concern, or idea is ever too small for a conversation with leadership.
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Abe Hashim, D3, Touro College of Dental Medicine.
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[ABE HASHIM]: The other thing is that we have here at Touro is the open-door policy with our administration and faculty members.
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A montage of doctors and instructors talking to students.
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It makes me feel great as a student that I have a say in what happens in my dental education and my future. And they actually really encourage us to speak up to get involved and to be part of everything.
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A shot of a sterilization processing facility. A masked-up student places equipment in a sterile processing machine. A sterile processing machine washes equipment.
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[NARRATOR]: Our professional-grade instrument sterilization processing facility includes state-of-the-art sterilization processes and chain of custody verification tools that meet the most stringent industry standards and safety regulations.
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Packaged dental instruments sit on a table.
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Instruments are delivered to our clinical training facility and stocked throughout the day by a team of professionals.
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A man pushes a cart with dental instruments. A sign on a wall, text: Touro Dental Health. A shot of a waiting room with a front desk. We move through a hallway past exam rooms, each with a computer.
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[NARRATOR]: Touro Dental Health, our 42,000-square-foot clinical training facility occupies the entire third floor of the Skyline Drive complex.
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A shot of a waiting room with a sign: Touro Dental Health Kids. A shot of a hallway with exam rooms on both sides. A montage shows exam rooms, some with large windows with views, as well as students working on real patients' teeth, both adults and children.
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Opened in 2018, this modern, 115-chair facility includes our six separate comprehensive care practices as well as specialty clinics in oral surgery, endodontics, orthodontics, pediatrics, and complex care.
[NARRATOR]: Each of the well-thought-out ergonomic operatories was designed with the most advanced technology to improve efficiency and the patient's experience. The space is a meticulous replication of a sophisticated private dental practice, which helps prepare and educate students for practice.
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Students work on a patient's teeth. A student shows a patient a 3D model of their teeth. Shots of teeth being scanned on a monitor, a CT machine, a patient having a panoramic dental X-ray done, and a 3D printer.
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[NARRATOR]: Available technology for everyday clinic use includes X-ray units in each operatory, more than 20 3Shape intraoral scanners, three Cone Beam CT, and four panoramic radiographic units -- and a host of sophisticated 3D printers and milling machines.
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Students stand talking looking at a screen in an exam room as a patient sits in the chair.
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In addition, our innovative thin client network makes patient care and education seamless.
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A doctor talks to a student. Students work together on a mannequin and talk.
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[NARRATOR]: A unique aspect of the Touro College of Dental Medicine Clinical Training Program is the pairing of third-year students with their fourth-year upperclassmen.
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Students and upperclassman work on a patient's mouth.
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These student teams work together, learn from one another, and help each other succeed.
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A montage of students talking and working together in exam rooms.
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The overall effect is an environment where no student is left behind, and each student has maximal patient experiences.
[NARRATOR]: Contributing to their success is the small size of the individual clinical practice units with 14 chairs, a superb faculty-to-student ratio, and a dedicated team of staff available to support students.
[MADELEINE MAAS]: As a third-year, I had the most amazing fourth-year. She was absolutely incredible and really helped me learn the ways of the clinic and learn how to apply what I learned in pre-clinic to patient care. And now that I'm a fourth-year, I get to do the same thing to my D3 and help and guide her.
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A student works on a child's teeth. Students work together on different patients.
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[NARRATOR]: Working alongside expert faculty in every specialty of dentistry, our students receive a well-rounded dental education with more hands-on experience in specialty clinics than many dental schools provide, given there are no postdoctoral programs.
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An exterior shot of Westchester Medical Center. Pictures of Westchester Institute for Human Development, Open Door Health Center, and a dentist and students standing with a smiling patient in an exam room.
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[NARRATOR]: They also gain valuable clinical experience through externships with community-based partners, including regional hospitals, federally qualified health centers, and clinics for special needs patients, some of which are located on campus.
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A student stands with several professionals outside a large van in a parking lot, a sign on its side, text: Westchester Institute for Human Development Mobile Dental Clinic.
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These valuable week-long experiences are designed to provide students with exposure to different areas of dentistry.
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A photo shows dental students with a child in an exam room.
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[OLIVER VIERA]: I got involved with Give Kids a Smile last year, and it gave me an opportunity to help give basic cleanings and screenings to kids around the area.
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A dental student examines and cleans a child's teeth. A photo shows dental students talking to children. A child brushes a stuffed animal's teeth.
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And all of this stuff is encouraged and facilitated by the administration. So by the time you graduate, you will have given back to your community in some capacity or another.
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A sign on a wall, text: New York Medical College, A Member of the Touro College and University System, Family Health Center.
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[NARRATOR]: The New York Medical College Family Health Center provides continuous and integrated primary care to dental patients in the greater community.
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We walk down a hallway with several exam rooms.
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Its placement within Touro's dental training facility is a unique feature to most dental schools.
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A montage shows dental students cleaning and working on patients' teeth in exam rooms and chatting with patients.
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This close proximity and affiliation creates an integration of oral health with primary care; enriching education opportunities for dental students; improving patient outcomes; and promoting the new model of dental health, which recognizes the important link between oral and overall systemic health.
[RONNIE MYERS]: The Family Health Center within the Touro College of Dental Medicine enables our students to interprofessionally work with physicians together to make sure that their patients, essentially, get the best possible care. We can provide better care for the patient who has chronic disease, such as diabetes, or is being treated for cancer. And we get a better educational experience for our students in this interprofessional relationship.
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A montage of a lecture auditorium with several chairs, three large screens, and a podium; a study space with several desks and chairs; a gym; and an aerial shot of the college.
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[NARRATOR]: Additional education facilities, study spaces, and student amenities are located on the ground floor of the Skyline Drive complex. Classes and lectures may take place in our 120-seat auditorium, just one of several large auditoriums and conference facilities located on campus.
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A shot of a dining room with an adjacent lounge area with chairs and tables, booth seating, and large windows.
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The Skyline Dining Room and adjacent Annex Room have been designed as flexible spaces and regularly host classes, seminars, meetings, and events in addition to its use as a dining facility.
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An aerial shot of the plaza outside the front entrance, with tables with bench seating.
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Outdoor seating is also available on our plaza and throughout the campus.
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A shot of a library, with several bookshelves, desks, and tables and chairs.
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[NARRATOR]: Also on the ground floor is the Skyline Health Sciences Library, a 3,000-square-foot communal learning space, including a reading room and several recently renovated spaces available for small groups or independent study.
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A student looks at books on a bookshelf in the library and pulls one off the shelf.
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The main branch of the Health Sciences Library is located on the New York Medical College campus and is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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An aerial shot of the New York Medical College campus. A student looks at a diagram on a tablet, holding a stylus.
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This 19,000-square-foot facility provides additional capacity and resources on site as well as online.
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A sign on a wall, text: Dr. Edward F. and Mrs. Anna M. Asprinio Fitness Center. The camera pans over to a fitness center with several treadmills, exercise bikes, and other equipment.
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[NARRATOR]: Just down the hall, the fitness center is open daily from 6 AM to midnight and includes a variety of modern exercise equipment as well as lockers, showers, and changing rooms.
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The camera pans over to an aerobic studio space with a large mirror.
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A large aerobic studio space is used for yoga and other group fitness classes.
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We move down a street with a sidewalk surrounded by trees.
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Other amenities located within the Skyline Drive complex include a cafe, student locker rooms, a student vending and lunchroom, a lactation room, a room designated for prayer and worship. And a synagogue is also located on campus.
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An aerial shot of Manhattan. A montage of shots of Westchester County, including a suburban residential area, a lighthouse on a small island in the water, a large bridge in the distance, aerial shots of a small town with a church and a view of the river, forested mountains, and a large downtown with several skyscrapers. People hike and walk down a city street. An aerial shot of a waterfall going under a bridge.
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[NARRATOR]: Touro College of Dental Medicine is located just 30 minutes from Manhattan yet situated in the peaceful suburbs of Westchester County in the scenic Hudson Valley. Westchester County offers the diversity, culture, and proximity of New York City in a suburban setting. From mountains to downtown city streets, Westchester's abundant attractions, outdoor adventure, great shopping and dining, and picturesque setting enhance social life for our students.
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An aerial shot of the college campus. An exterior shot of Westchester Medical Center.
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[NARRATOR]: Our convenient location in the New York tri-state area provides students with numerous career, residency, clinical, and internship opportunities, including those with our affiliate hospitals and health centers.
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A photo shows a booth on a campus behind which several students stand. On the booth table cloth is text: Touro College of Dental Medicine at New York Medical College. Photos show dental students standing with a group of children in a school, working in a food bank, and examining a child's teeth as part of a mobile clinic.
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Touro College of Dental Medicine students also benefit from community service opportunities at local schools, community centers, food banks, and homeless shelters, serving diverse and vulnerable populations.
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A photo shows a woman presenting at an event with a picture of teeth on a screen. Dental students stand behind a table with memorabilia and talk to children and parents in a school hallway. A photo shows students working in a clinic on a patient.
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These experiences offer a chance for students to put their learning into practice, conduct research, or interact with patients and professionals in preparation for their future careers.
[MADELEINE MAAS]: We really do have a wide variety of patients that we can see and a community that we can help. So there really is a plethora of opportunity here if you want to get involved with the local community and give back.
[RONNIE MYERS]: I hope you have enjoyed your tour, which is just a glimpse of our facilities and what's in store for you at the Touro College of Dental Medicine.
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An aerial shot of students standing on a lawn outside of the college building, forming letters TCDM.
A logo of a building with text: T.C. Touro College of Dental Medicine at New York Medical College. Where knowledge and values meet.
