Pediatric Dental Residency

Our program offers the opportunity for extending the resident's diagnostic ability, clinical knowledge and skills, and critical judgment. The core of the curriculum includes all subject matter indispensable to the development of a competent and inquisitive pediatric dentist. The resident will learn to work with consultants and clinicians in other dental specialties and health fields. Didactic courses, seminars and clinical experiences are provided to develop these necessary skills. Residents will learn to critically evaluate scientific literature and be expected to produce a publishable paper upon graduation. 

Courses focus on statistics and research design, children with special healthcare needs, restorative treatment, cariology, behavior guidance, pulp biology, traumatology, advocacy and public policy, biomechanics and limited orthodontics, and sedation. Clinical experiences are extensive and include comprehensive care, treatment of patients with special healthcare needs, emergency care, oral surgery, endodontics, orthodontics, and periodontics. Residents gain experience treating infants, children and adolescents using behavior management techniques, nitrous oxide, conscious sedation, and general anesthesia. Additionally, residents will receive additional training and rotate through a variety of services within the hospital, including anesthesia, pediatric medicine, pediatric pulmonology, hemonc, behavioral health, cardiology, otolaryngology, and craniofacial.