The United States is one of the first countries that provided the modern dental higher education in the world with a lot of experience accumulated in dental education. University of Maryland School of Dentistry, one of the nation’s top schools of dentistry, is an excellent representation in the field of the dental education in the United States. In this article, the educational philosophy, the teaching courses, the teachers’ qualifications, and the hardware facilities of the school were analyzed, so as to provide enlightenment for the development of dental education in China.