Application and curriculum information about this dental school's postdoctoral program in periodontics.
| Address: |
Department of Periodontics 521 N 11th Street PO Box 980566 Richmond, VA 23298-0566 |
| Program Director: | Dr. Thomas C. Waldrop (full-time) |
| Phone: | 804-828-6121 |
| Fax: | 804-828-0657 |
| Email: | tcwaldro@vcu.edu |
| Website: | www.dentistry.vcu.edu/ |
| Application Deadline: | August 1 |
| Application Fee: | $50 for Department of Periodontics certificate program; $50 for M.S.D. program, School Graduate Studies |
| Start Date: | July 1 |
| Accreditation Status: | A (About Accreditation) |
| Number of Faculty Members: | 5 Full-time, 12 Part-time |
| Accept students not trained in a US or Canadian dental school?: | No |
| Length of Program in months: | 36 |
| State License Required: | No |
| Degrees/Certificates Offered: | M.S.D./Certificate in Periodontics |
| Prerequisites: | Dental degree from U.S. or Canadian Dental School, GPA, National Board Exam, 3 letters of recommendation, interview |
| Tuition per year: | None |
| Instruments & Equipment: | Clinical use fee $1500/semester; Courses: Physical Diagnosis-$1500, Head & Neck anatomy-$300, ACLS-$175. Instruments-$2600, Camera-$2500, Sugrical lopes-$750, Exam fees $300, Books $500 |
| Salary and/or Stipend: | None |
| First Year Enrollment: | 3 |
| Ratio of Acceptances to Applicants: | 1:10 |
| Specific Training and Duration of each in hours: | Anesthesia rotation-30 days, Oral Pathology-32 hrs, Enteral/Parental sedation-60hrs diadatic, 20+ clinical cases, Occlusion-20 hrs and clinical cases, Dental implants-covered in depth (didactic/clinical) over 35 month period. |
| Hours spent in Clinical patient treatment: | 30 hours/week |
| Type of Implant System Taught: | Nobel Biocare, Zimmer, BioHorizon, Orthodontic |
| Number of Implant Cases Completed per Residency: | 40-50 cases (80-100 implants) |
| 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, VA Hospital |
| Associated Hospitals: | Hunter Holmes McQuire Veterans Administration Hospital |
| On-Call Arrangements: | Chief Resident-3rd year, on-call rotated among residents |
| Average Number of Surgical Procedures per residency (excluding implants): | 225-275 |
| Average Number of Cases completed per residency: | 90+ |
| Research Requirements: | M.S.D. completion, publication |
| Residency Programs available in other Dental Specialties: | AEGD, Endodontics, Oral Surgery, Orthodontics, Pediatric Dentistry |
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