In August 2002, the Commission on Dental Accreditation approved
the recommendation of the Review Committee for Oral and Maxillofacial
Radiology and made the Iowa program a fully accredited Oral and
Maxillofacial Radiology program. The program received preliminary
provisional approval (PPA) in January 2001, based upon an extensive
self-study document submitted to the Commission. This approval
made the Iowa program one of the first to be accredited. This
was the first site visit by the Commission to an oral and maxillofacial
radiology program in the USA. The visit was very successful. There
were no recommendations and two commendations for areas considered
to be outstanding. This resulted in the recommendation for the
full accreditation status that was granted at the August 2002
meeting of the Commission on Dental Accreditation. The program
director for OM Radiology is Dr. Axel Ruprecht, a member of our
department.
