Application and curriculum information about this dental school's postdoctoral program in periodontics.
| Address: |
Department of Periodontics College of Dentistry 801 S. Paulina Street, 458 Dent MC 859 Chicago, IL 60612 |
| Program Director: |
Saba Khan, DDS, MSD |
| Phone: | 312-355-4004 |
| Fax: | 312-996-0943 |
| Email: | sabakhan@uic.edu |
| Website: | dentistry.uic.edu/depts/perio/ |
| Application Deadline: | September 1 |
| Application Fee: | $50 U.S., $60 international |
| Start Date: | August 1 |
| Accreditation Status: | A (About Accreditation) |
| Number of Faculty Members: | 10 full time/9 part-time (7 Board Certified) |
| Accept students not trained in a US or Canadian dental school?: | Yes |
| Length of Program in months: | 33 months |
| State License Required: | no |
| Degrees/Certificates Offered: | Perio Certificate, M.S., PhD |
| Prerequisites: | Dental degree, letters of recommendation, class rank |
| Tuition per year: | Approx. $36,000 1st year; $36,000 2nd year; $26,000 3rd year |
| Instruments & Equipment: | Approx. $4,000 |
| Salary and/or Stipend: | 20% of collected fees (applied cash) from clinical services provided by the student |
| First Year Enrollment: | 4 |
| Ratio of Acceptances to Applicants: | 1:15 |
| Specific Training and Duration of each in hours: | clinical 27/wk; didactic 7/wk; research 4/wk, teach 2/wk) |
| Hours spent in Clinical patient treatment: | 27/wk |
| Type of Implant System Taught: | Nobel Biocare, Astra, ITI, Zimmer, 3i |
| Number of Implant Cases Completed per Residency: | 200-300 fixtures/50-80 cases |
| Percent of Time spent in courses/lectures/seminars: | 20% |
| Percent of Time spent in research: | 10% |
| Percent of Time spent in clinical: | 65% |
| Percent of Time spent in teaching: | 5% |
| Clinical Setting: | dental school |
| Associated Hospitals: | University of Illinois at Chicago;Rush Presbyterian Rush Presbyterian |
| On-Call Arrangements: | N/A |
| Average Number of Surgical Procedures per residency (excluding implants): | 225 |
| Average Number of Cases completed per residency: | 80 |
| Research Requirements: | Cert and MS candidates both require research project |
| Residency Programs available in other Dental Specialties: | orthodontics, endodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery, prosthodontics, pediatric dentistry, oral medicine |
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