In 1867, Harvard School of Dental Medicine was established in Boston, MA on this day. It was the first university-based dental school in America. The parent institution, Harvard College opened in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1636, with an enrollment of 12 students and one Master to teach all subjects. The School of Dental Medicine was established in close affiliation with the Harvard Medical School, another first which made the full scholarly and scientific resources of a university available to dental education.