Dental General Practice Residency

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Family Dentistry

Welcome

Welcome to the Hospital Dentistry Residency program at Carilion Clinic! At Hospital Dentistry, our patients and community are family, making the training of compassionate and competent dentists our top priority. 

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Graduates
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Zachary Swanner
Dr. Zachary Swanner, DMD
Program Director

Thank you for your interest in Carilion Clinic’s General Practice Residency program! I am thrilled for you to learn more about all that we have to offer.

Our primary focus is providing quality care to the patients that we serve. We work with a patient population with a diverse range of needs, many of whom would not be able to receive dental care without our help.

Because of this, we offer a unique educational experience with robust exposure to managing patients with special healthcare needs. Our residents gain experience in providing a range of comprehensive dental care, with exceptional exposure to surgical procedures, operating room dentistry, pediatric dentistry, and dental trauma. Our residents quickly integrate into the hospital system and operate as members of an interdisciplinary team. Through providing care or rotating to other medical services, our residents gain experiences that allow them to safely and efficiently treat all patients that they may encounter once they graduate from residency.

Above all, we consider all members of our team to be family. We support each other not only in our professional growth but in all aspects of life. Our faculty and staff are dedicated to providing an extraordinary learning environment as well as a home away from home where you can reach your full potential in all that you pursue.

We appreciate your interest in joining our team. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions about our program.

About Our Program

Location

Carilion Clinic is a not-for-profit health care organization based in Roanoke, Virginia with a catchment area of greater than one million people. Our location in the foothills of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of southwest Virginia gives our residents the unique opportunity to serve the urban communities of Roanoke, as well as the surrounding rural and refugee populations.  

Mission, Vision, Values

Our Mission: Improve the health of the communities we serve.  

Our Vision: We provide world-class healthcare through integrated clinical practice, education and patient-centered research. We develop and respect an experienced, talented workforce. We serve for the love of health.  

Our Values: Collaboration, Courage, Commitment, Compassion, Curiosity 

Program Aims

Our Hospital Dentistry residents are trained in the care of a wide range of population groups, including medically complex patients and patients with physical, developmental and intellectual disabilities. Our program residents also learn to deliver oral care in many settings, including hospital-based outpatients and bedside inpatients, a pediatric dental clinic, the operating room, long-term care facilities and community service clinics. 

Department Specialties
  • Cleft lip and cleft palate management 
  • Dental implantology 
  • Endodontics 
  • Oral oncology 
  • Oral surgery 
  • Pediatrics 
  • Periodontics 
  • Prosthodontics 

 

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Virginia Tech Partnership

Residents and fellows work closely with the students, medical educators, and research scientists from the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. This partnership leverages Virginia Tech’s world-class strength in basic sciences, bioinformatics and engineering with Carilion Clinic’s highly experienced medical staff and rich history in graduate medical education.

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