Dental General Practice Residency
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Curriculum
Our program empowers residents to provide diverse oral care, becoming primary providers skilled in multidisciplinary health care. Emphasis on community service fosters the ability to offer emergency oral care and collaborate seamlessly within health care teams.
Emergency Training with Dr. Humble
Research Day
Remote Area Medical in Grundy, VA
PGY1 & PGY2 Focus
- PGY1 Year Focus
Advanced Treatments Covered in First-Year Program:
- Operative dentistry
- Replacement of teeth using fixed or removable prosthodontics
- Periodontal therapy and endodontic therapy
- Oral surgery and pediatric dental care
- Evaluation and treatment of dental emergencies
- Pain and anxiety control techniques (behavioral and pharmacological)
Management Skills Developed in First-Year Program:
- Handling medical emergencies
- Implant management
- Management of oral and mucosal diseases
- Addressing temporomandibular disorders and orofacial pain
- Management of occlusal disorders
- PGY2 Year Focus
- Managing complex and comprehensive dental care in ambulatory and operating room settings
- Utilizing procedural sedation when necessary
- Collaborating with cleft lip/cleft palate treatment teams
- Managing administrative functions within a hospital dental service and postdoctoral educational training program
- Didactics
- Mondays from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. (7 a.m. for oral surgery topics)
- Wednesdays from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (occasional later didactics/labs as needed)
- Didactics are not scheduled during resident rotations
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