SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY
OHSU SOD was founded in this year, and incorporated into the larger OHSU education ecosystem in this year.
What is 1898 and 1974?
Portland is home to this dormant volcano.
What is Mt. Tabor.
The medical term for the upper jaw.
What is maxilla.
Students typically start their day at this time.
What is 8 am?
This is the largest organ of the body.
What is the skin?
OHSU SOD states "To provide the highest quality oral health education, patient care, research and community service" as this important statement.
What is their Mission statement?
Portland is home to Mill's End Park. It enjoys this special distinction.
What is the world's smallest park?
This small fold of mucous membrane attaches the underside of the tongue to the floor of the human mouth.
What is the frenulum.
Students enjoy these intramural sports and clubs through OHSU.
What is soccer, basketball, pickleball, (bonus: Heely Club)
This is the strongest muscle in the body.
What is the jaw?
This department over sees the external rotations all students engage in their 4th year.
What is the department of Dental Public Health.
Portland is home to largest roost of this bird in the world.
What is Vaux's Swift?
Parotid, submandibular, and sublingual are all types of this gland.
What is salivary.
This is the number of weeks students spend on external rotation.
What is 8 to 12 weeks?
This is the average lifespan of the human red blood cell.
What is 120 days?
OHSU SOD must “be a great organization, diverse in people and ideas.” belongs to this goal.
What is the Diversity goal?
This copper statue is second in size only to the Statue of Liberty.
What is the Portlandia Statue?
This condition leads to lack of total dentition.
What is anodontia?
OHSU offers these internal specialty rotations.
What are: endodontics, periodontics, pediatrics, oral surgery, GPR, and orthodontics?
She was the first woman to ever win a Nobel prize.
Who is Marie Curie?
This department has over 20 principal investigators and a skilled team and conduct diverse projects on dental disease, clinical practices, oral biology and biomedical research.
What is the OHSU SOD Research Hub?
Funded by Federal grants (NIH, NSF, NASA) and corporate sponsors, our scientists specialize in developing biomaterials for replacing oral tissues, cell and developmental biology, oral microbiology and immunology.
Oregonian's own 1/4th of the country's population of this animal.
What is the llama?
This modern item was first commercially available in the 1860's. It has a much older history.
What is chewing gum?
Students take a particular class up on the hill.
What is Anatomy and physiology.
The hypoglossal nerve is responsible for the movement of this organ.
What is the tongue?