Since its creation in 1973, the University of Mississippi School of Dentistry has received for its operation $25,812,471 in state general funds, $5,692,302 in other funds, enrolled 318 students, and produced 107 dentists, of whom an estimated 68 currently practice dentistry in Mississippi.
The University of Mississippi Dental School, the third smallest dental school in the nation, is a high cost institution which expends 58 percent more than the national average to educate its students and receives more state appropriated funds per Doctor of Dental Science Equivalent than any other dental school in the United States.
PEER noted several inefficiencies including underutilization of clinic space; inadequate control over dental supplies and some equipment items; a lack of effective patient credit and collection procedures; and an inadequately controlled faculty private practice program.
PEER believes that the Dental School should improve its management and reduce its cost of operation and high dependence on state general funds.
For a paper copy of this report, contact PEER by telephone at 601-359-1226 or by e-mail at reports@peer.ms.gov.