Program Overview

Periodontics Residency Program

The Periodontics Residency Program is a comprehensive educational experience designed to provide residents with the knowledge, skills, and clinical expertise necessary to become proficient in the field of periodontics.

Curriculum

The curriculum for the Periodontics Residency Program is divided into several components, including:

• Patient care: Clinical Periodontics
• Core bio-medical courses didactics:
  • Year Offered | Credit Hours | Course Title | Code
    • 1 | 1 | Management of Medical Emergencies | DENT555
    • 1 | 3 | Anatomy of Head and Neck | DENT513
    • 1 | 3 | Advanced Oral Pathology | DENT512
    • 1 | 3 | Epidemiology | DENT510
    • 1 | 1 | Ethics | DENT507
    • 1 | 3 | Microbiology and Immunology | DENT516
    • 1,2 | 0.5 | Multidisciplinary Seminars | DENT698
    • 1 | 1 | Research Methods | DENT514
    • 1 | 1 | Biostatistics | DENT511
    • 1 | 2 | Biological Aspects of Stomatology | DENT501
    • 1 | 2 | Correlative Medical Sciences | DENT502
    • 1 | 1 | Clinical Pharmacology | DENT550
    • 1 | 3 | TMD Facial Pain | DENT509
• Periodontics courses didactics:
  • Year Offered | Credit Hours | Course Title | Code
    • 1-2 | 3 | Core Classic Literature Review | DPER668
    • 1-2 | 1 | Introduction to Advanced Periodontal Surgery | DPER519
    • 1-2 | 3 | Classic Literature Review | DPER685
    • 1-2 | 1 | Implant Dentistry | DENT663
    • 1-2 | 3 | Treatment Planning Seminar | DPER557
    • 1-2 | 3 | Perio-Implant Surgical Seminar | DPER595
    • 1-2 | 1/3 | Journal Club/Periodontics and Implant | DENT665/667
    • 1-2-3 | 6 | Clinical Periodontics | DPER577
    • | | Periodontics-Prosthodontics Seminar | TBD
    • 1 | 1 | Advanced Principles of Occlusion | DENT564
    • 1 | 2 | Conscious Sedation | DENT661
    • 1-2-3 | 9 | Thesis | DENT651

Teaching

Residents will participate in teaching practicum, including teaching half-day a week in the DMD clinic and participating in lectures and seminars in the DMD courses in Periodontology.

Research

The thesis defense must be completed by the end of the residency program after thorough review and approval by the committee. The thesis manuscript must adhere to all guidelines prescribed by the School of Graduate Studies.