Fourteen dental schools in the U.S. were recently ranked among the best in the world.
QS World University Rankings compared schools across five categories to create the list of the top dental schools in the world for 2025.
Here the deans leading the top five U.S.-based dental schools on the list:
Jacques Eduardo Nor, DDS, PhD. Dean of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry (Ann Arbor): Dr. Nor is a past president of the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research. He is also a former chair of the Oral, Dental and Craniofacial Sciences study section of the National Institutes of Health. He has experience as an editor and board member for several journals.
Michael Reddy, DMD. Dean of the University of California San Francisco School of Dentistry: Before joining UCSF in June 2018, Dr. Reddy served as dean of the University of Alabama School of Dentistry for nearly seven years. His clinical expertise includes periodontal therapy and dental implants. He has also served as an examiner for the American Board of Periodontology, an associate editor for the Journal of Periodontology and an editor of Clinical Advances in Periodontics.
William Giannobile, DDS. Dean of the Harvard University School of Dental Medicine (Boston): Dr. Giannobile has served as dean since September 2020. He is known as a leader in periodontology and is an internationally recognized scholar in oral regenerative medicine, tissue engineering and precision medicine. He is a 2018 recipient of the American Dental Association’s Norton Ross Award for Excellence in Clinical Research.
Mark Wolff, DDS, PhD. Dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine (Philadelphia): Dr. Wolff is an advocate and dental provider for individuals with physical, intellectual and developmental disabilities. He has served as the principal or co-principal investigator for several clinical research projects, publishing more than 100 scientific papers and text chapters. He is a past president of the American Association of Oral Biologists.
Paul Krebsbach, DDS, PhD. Dean of the University of California Los Angeles School of Dentistry: Dr. Krebsbach was appointed dean in June 2016. He has previously served on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. He is also a past president of the American Association for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research.