‌The Cork Dental School & Hospital is part of University College Cork and has as it's primary remit the delivery of dental education and the conduct of research. In this regard it is one of six schools in the College of Medicine and Health and operates in concert with it's sister schools to pursue it's educational goals.

The programmes offered by the Dental School are accredited by the Dental Council of Ireland at undergraduate level and by the Irish Committee for Specialist Training in Dentistry for postgraduate programmes.The Dental School is also the centre for secondary and tertiary dental care in the region. It offers advanced dental care in all specialties.