| Address: |
School of Dentistry 10900 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44106-4905 |
| Program Director: | Dr. N. F. Bissada (full-time) |
| Phone: | 216-368-6752 |
| Fax: | 216-368-3204 |
| E-Mail: | nabil.bissada@case.edu |
| Web Site: | dental.case.edu/grad/perio/ |
| Application Deadline: | October 1 |
| Application Fee: | $50 |
| Start Date: | July 1 |
| Accreditation Status: | A |
| Number of Faculty Members: | 6 full-time; 12 part-time (6 faculty members are board certified) |
| Accept students not trained in a US or Canadian dental school?: | yes |
| Length of Program in months: | 36 |
| State License Required: | No |
| Degrees/Certificates Offered: | Certificate in Periodontics, Master of Science in Dentistry (MSD) |
| Prerequisites: | National Board Exam (US grads), TOEFL (non-US grads), dental degree, GRE, 3 letters of recommendation, upper 33.3% class rank |
| Tuition per year: | 1st and 2nd year - $32,120; 3rd year - $2,380 |
| Instruments & Equipment: | purchase $3,500; book costs $1,000 |
| Salary and/or Stipend: | Only USA and Canada graduates stipend - $10,000 |
| First Year Enrollment: | 3 |
| Ratio of Acceptances to Applicants: | 1:7 |
| Specific Training and Duration of each in hours: | pathology 30; implants 150; nitrous oxide 10; teaching and anesthesia 60; other rotations 15 |
| Hours spent in Clinical patient treatment: | 20/week |
| Type of Implant System Taught: | Nobel Biocare Replace Select |
| Number of Implant Cases Completed per Residency: | 25 |
| Percent of Time spent in courses/lectures/seminars: | 25% |
| Percent of Time spent in research: | 15% |
| Percent of Time spent in clinical: | 50% |
| Percent of Time spent in teaching: | 10% |
| Clinical Setting: | dental school, hospital |
| Associated Hospitals: | University Hospitals of Cleveland, The Cleveland Clinic |
| On-Call Arrangements: | n/a |
| Average Number of Surgical Procedures per residency (excluding implants): | 100 |
| Average Number of Cases completed per residency: | 30 |
| Research Requirements: | yes - clinical project, (thesis) |
| Residency Programs available in other Dental Specialties: | oral surgery, orthodontics, endodontics, AEGD, pediatric dentistry |