The School of Dentistry is a dental school at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The School of Dentistry is located on Hospital Hill in Kansas City, close to the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine, Truman Medical Center-Hospital Hill and Children's Mercy Hospital.HistoryIt was established in 1881 as the Kansas City Dental College and was originally part of Kansas City Medical College.In 1941 the Kansas City Dental College merged with Western Dental College to form the Kansas City-Western Dental College.In 1965, Dr. Donald Randolph Brown, Sr. DDS became the school's first African American graduate.Alumni Copeland Shelden
