Residency Program
The aim of the in general practice residency program is to prepare dentists for a broader scope of private practice in general dentistry. The program combines clinical and didactic training on an individual basis and meets fundamental requirements of the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association.
The residency covers one year of hospital-based training. Through postdoctoral clinical, didactic, and hospital experience, residents prepare to meet the oral health needs of a wide range of ambulatory and non-ambulatory patients.
Residency training includes using hospital resources and managing ambulatory patients, inpatients, same day surgery patients, and emergency medical and dental patients. Residents participate in consultations with other hospital services and are assigned to appropriate hospital services to fulfill the objectives of the training program. They are appointed to the house staff of the hospital and have the same privileges and responsibilities as residents in other professional education programs.
Applicants must be graduates of an accredited college of dentistry and must be eligible for licensure to practice dentistry in the United States. Selection is made through a matching program sponsored by the American Dental Education Association.
The deadline to apply is November 1 for admission on July 1 of the following year. Applicants are appointed after the results of the match have been received and the staff takes official action.
For more information about these programs, go to General Practice Residency Program, or contact:
Dr. Lance Forbes, D.D.S.