Application and curriculum information about this dental school's postdoctoral program in periodontics.
| Address: |
Lutheran Medical Center Dental School, Program in Periodontics 339 Hicks Street Brooklyn , New York 11201 |
| Program Director: | Dr. Edgard El Chaar |
| Phone: | 718-780-4630, ext. 6712 |
| Fax: | 718 - 630 -8714 |
| Email: | eelchaar@lmcmc.com |
| Website: | lmcdental.lmcmc.com/pub/periodontics |
| Application Deadline: |
February 1 in 2013; after that, August 1 of the previous year |
| Application Fee: | $50 |
| Start Date: | July 1 |
| Accreditation Status: | Accredited Program (About Accreditation) |
| Number of Faculty Members: | 3 full-time, 1 half-time, 4 less than half-time |
| Accept students not trained in a US or Canadian dental school?: | no |
| Length of Program in months: | 36 months |
| State License Required: | no |
| Degrees/Certificates Offered: | Certificate in Periodontics |
| Prerequisites: | DDS or DMD from an ADA-accredited American or Canadian dental school Must be eligible for temporary licensure in the state of New York All candidates must be proficient in the English language Dental |
| Tuition per year: | $30,000 |
| Instruments & Equipment: | TBD |
| Salary and/or Stipend: | $25,000 |
| First Year Enrollment: | N/A |
| Ratio of Acceptances to Applicants: | 3:8 (2012 is the first year that the program registered residents) |
| Specific Training and Duration of each in hours: | The curriculum plan has been designed to meet the Commission on Dental Accreditation Standards for Advanced Specialty in Periodontics |
| Hours spent in Clinical patient treatment: | 65% all three years |
| Type of Implant System Taught: | Zimmer and Straumann as the main systems. The residents will be exposed to more systems later in their residency. |
| Number of Implant Cases Completed per Residency: | 80 implant cases per resident |
| Percent of Time spent in courses/lectures/seminars: | 23% |
| Percent of Time spent in research: | 6% |
| Percent of Time spent in clinical: | 68% |
| Percent of Time spent in teaching: | 3% |
| Clinical Setting: | Brooklyn Heights Center and LMC-LICH Main center |
| Associated Hospitals: | none |
| On-Call Arrangements: | none |
| Average Number of Surgical Procedures per residency (excluding implants): | TBD |
| Average Number of Cases completed per residency: | TBD |
| Research Requirements: | Research paper and a poster |
| Residency Programs available in other Dental Specialties: | Pediatric Dentistry and Endodontics; Additional postdoctoral programs include: GPR, AEGD, Orofacial Pain and Dental Anesthesiology |
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