Application and curriculum information about this dental school's postdoctoral program in periodontics...

Boston University

Application and curriculum information about this dental school's postdoctoral program in periodontics.

Address: School of Dental Medicine
100 East Newton Street
Boston, MA 02118
Program Director: Dr. Thomas VanDyke (full-time)
Phone: 617-638-4762
Fax: 617-638-4799
E-Mail: tvandyke@bu.edu
Web Site: dentalschool.bu.edu/research/perio/index.html
Application Deadline: December 1
Application Fee: $50
Start Date: September 1
Accreditation Status: A
Number of Faculty Members: 7 full-time; 5 part-time (5 faculty members are board certified)
Accept students not trained in a US or Canadian dental school?: yes
Length of Program in months: 34
State License Required: no
Degrees/Certificates Offered: MS, DSc, certificate, PhD
Prerequisites: TOEFL, dental degree, letters of recommendation, class rank
Tuition per year: $36,500
Instruments & Equipment: $4,184
Salary and/or Stipend: $6,000 third year students
First Year Enrollment: 9
Ratio of Acceptances to Applicants: 1:10
Specific Training and Duration of each in hours: pathology 16; anesthesia 16; nitrous oxide 16; IV sedation 16
Hours spent in Clinical patient treatment: varies by year (usually 3.5-4 days/week)
Type of Implant System Taught: 3i, ITI, Sulzer
Number of Implant Cases Completed per Residency: n/a
Percent of Time spent in courses/lectures/seminars: 9%
Percent of Time spent in research: 30%
Percent of Time spent in clinical: 60%
Percent of Time spent in teaching: 1%
Clinical Setting: dental school
Associated Hospitals: Boston VA Hospital
On-Call Arrangements: none
Average Number of Surgical Procedures per residency (excluding implants): 150
Average Number of Cases completed per residency: n/a
Research Requirements: MSD
Residency Programs available in other Dental Specialties: yes

Student/Educator Links

What's New