The Commission on Dental Accreditation recently granted accreditation for the Little Rock, Ark.-based Lyon College School of Dental Medicine.
Lyon College broke ground on the state's first dental school in July. The school features classrooms, a simulation clinic and a 100-chair clinic.
The dental school is set to open in June with an inaugural class of 80 students. The program will include 240 students at full enrollment, according to a Feb. 10 news release shared with Becker's.