AUGUSTA, Ga., May 11 -- Augusta University issued the following news release:

For more than 57 years, the Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University has served as the state's only dental college, having approximately 400 dental students and 60 dental hygiene students enrolled each year, with an additional 60 residents being trained. Now, the institution is expanding that mission with the creation of the Dental College of Georgia - Savannah.

Slated to open in summer 2028, DCG - Savannah on the Armstrong Campus of Georgia Southern University will increase the school's educational capacity, strengthen Georgia's dental workforce, expand AU's health sciences research mission and improve access to oral health care across the state.

On Apr...