The President of the Dominican Dental Association (ADO) has called on the National Higher Education Council (CONES) to work with a special ADO panel to examine the operations and quality of the nation’s dental schools. Dr. Adolfo Rodriguez stated "there are dental schools that ought to be closed" due to inadequate equipment and unqualified instructional staff. Rodriguez added "there are many dental clinics that ought to be closed as well." Rodriguez said that it is "inconceivable" that a nation of 8 million should have eight dental schools, when "only four are needed." The country’s one public university as well as six of its private universities maintain dentistry schools. The eighth, is the specialized, uni-divisional dentistry university (UOD). Students from Europe, Latin America and North America comprise a substantial portion of the enrollment of these institutions.Rodriguez also condemned unlicensed dental clinics, which he attributed to persons unable to practice in their home countries.
