Private Dental Schools in Iraq: A Real Threat to the Dental Pro-fession

The mission of the majority of dental colleges around the world is to provide the high level of education and facilities to learn about the up-stream factors that affect the health outcomes, such as personal behaviors, health care quality and access, social, cultural, economic factors, and to graduate dentists with the ability and desire to improve the health of all people by alleviating suffering and eliminating healthcare disparities through their leadership in patient care, research, education, health care administration, and the community .