Core Values

College of Dental Medicine-Arizona

In pursuit of its mission, the CDMA is guided by this set of abiding and unchanging core values:

• Maintaining a student-friendly environment
• Encouraging broad and encompassing diversity
• Advocating collegiality and teamwork
• Integrating multidisciplinary coursework
• Focusing on a general dentistry curriculum
• Assuring competence for general practice
• Basing decisions on scientific evidence
• Delivering ethical, patient-centered care
• Engaging the university community
• Serving the profession and the public