[Analysis of the curriculum of the University of California, Los Angeles School of Dentistry].

By comparative analysis of the curriculum of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Dentistry with Shandong University College of Stomatology, this paper explored what could be used as reference for Chinese dental educators. The curriculum characteristics and teaching ways in UCLA was analyzed; the dental courses of UCLA were compared with Shandong University, fourteen courses opened in UCLA were not opened in Shandong University; eight forefront courses selected from the fourteen courses were introduced. The analysis showed that in certain degree the curriculum characteristics and teaching ways of UCLA could be used for reference and fourteen forefront courses were also necessary. It's suggested to increase the proportion of dental courses, increase hours for experiments, combine theories and experiments tightly and gradually open forefront courses such as Clinical Applications of Dental Morphology, Esthetic Dentistry, Geriatric Dentistry, Hospital Dentistry, Health Policy Issues, Methods in Evidence-based Dentistry, Introduction to Behavioral Science, Patient Management and so on within domestic universities.