Application and curriculum information about this dental school's postdoctoral program in periodontics.
| Address: |
School of Dental Medicine 3435 Main Street, 250 Squire Hall Buffalo, NY 14214 |
| Program Director: | Dr. Robert E. Cohen (full-time) |
| Phone: | 716-829-2839 |
| Fax: | n/a |
| Email: | kmyager@buffalo.edu |
| Website: |
dental.buffalo.edu/Education/AdvancedEducation/ PeriodonticsCertificate.aspx |
| Application Deadline: |
Rolling admissions process, but no later than |
| Application Fee: | $35 |
| Start Date: | August 1 |
| Accreditation Status: | A (About Accreditation) |
| Number of Faculty Members: | 16 full-time; 4 part-time; 5 board-certified |
| Accept students not trained in a US or Canadian dental school?: | yes |
| Length of Program in months: | 33 (3-year program) or 44 (4-year program) |
| State License Required: | no |
| Degrees/Certificates Offered: | PhD or masters/certificate of periodontology |
| Prerequisites: | National Board Exam, TOEFL, dental degree, letters of recommendation, class rank |
| Tuition per year: | $5,100 in-state resident; $8,416 out-of-state resident |
| Instruments & Equipment: | rental $1,650; book costs $250 |
| Salary and/or Stipend: | PhD/Perio Residents: Approx. $42,000/yr., plus tuition waiver; MS/Perio Residents: Partial tuition waiver possible in years 2 and 3, based on nature of research project |
| First Year Enrollment: | 1-2 |
| Ratio of Acceptances to Applicants: | 1:30 |
| Specific Training and Duration of each in hours: | pathology 20/60; anesthesia 30; implants 120/400; nitrous oxide 10/10; IV sedation 20/40; other rotations 24 |
| Hours spent in Clinical patient treatment: | 2,400 |
| Type of Implant System Taught: | Nobel Biocare, Zimmer, ITI, and others |
| Number of Implant Cases Completed per Residency: | 50+ |
| Percent of Time spent in courses/lectures/seminars: | 25% |
| Percent of Time spent in research: | 25% |
| Percent of Time spent in clinical: | 45% |
| Percent of Time spent in teaching: | 5% |
| Clinical Setting: | hospital, dental school |
| Associated Hospitals: | Erie County Medical Center (ECMC), Buffalo General Hospital |
| On-Call Arrangements: | none |
| Average Number of Surgical Procedures per residency (excluding implants): | 200 |
| Average Number of Cases completed per residency: | 40 fully documented; 30-60 other |
| Research Requirements: | Masters or Ph.D. degree |
| Residency Programs available in other Dental Specialties: | prosthodontics, orthodontics, endodontics, general practice, oral and maxillofacial surgery, oral pathology |
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