UCLA School of Dentistry
Application and curriculum information about this UCLA's postdoctoral program in periodontics.
| Address: | Postgraduate Periodontics Residency Program, UCLA School of Dentistry 10833 LeConte Avenue Room 53-039 CHS-Dental Los Angeles, CA 90095-1668 |
| Chair | Paulo Camargo, DDS 310-825-0928 pcamargo@dentistry.ucla.edu |
| Predoctoral Director | Flavia Pirih, DDS, PhD, MS 310-825-6486 fpirih@dentistry.ucla.edu |
| Postdoctoral Director | Perry Klokkevold, DDS, MS 310-825-1927 pklokkevold@dentistry.ucla.edu |
| Dean | Paul Krebsbach, DDS, PhD 310-206-6063 pkrebsbach@dentistry.ucla.edu |
| Website: | https://www.dentistry.ucla.edu/learning/periodontics |
| University of California Los Angeles participates in the Postdoctoral Dental Matching Program for Periodontics | |
| Application Deadline: | August 1 |
| Application Fee: | n/a |
| Start Date: | July 1 |
| Accreditation Status: | A - Approval Without Reporting Requirements |
| Number of Faculty Members: | 5 Full-Time Faculty (4 Board-Certified,1 PhD Microbiologist) |
| 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: | Certificate, MS degree in Oral Biology (highly encouraged) |
| Prerequisites: | Successful completion of dental degree program from US or Canadian dental school; National Boards |
| Tuition per year: | none |
| Instruments & Equipment: | Approximately $10,000 (actual cost will vary). Students are required to purchase their own intraoral camera, laptop computer, instruments and books. |
| Salary and/or Stipend: | $52,900/year |
| First Year Enrollment: | 2 |
| Ratio of Acceptances to Applicants: | 1:25 |
| Specific Training and Duration of each in hours: | pathology (didactic 20 hours); anesthesia/nitrous oxide/IV sedation (didactic 20+ hours; clinical experience 20+ cases); implants (didactic 40+ hours; clinical experience 40+ cases); microsurgery (didactic and clinical experience varies) |
| Hours spent in Clinical patient treatment: | 24/week |
| Type of Implant System Taught: | Zimmer-Biomet 3i, Straumann, Astra, Nobel BioCare |
| Number of Implant Cases Completed per Residency: | 50+ |
| Percent of Time spent in courses/lectures/seminars: | 20% |
| Percent of Time spent in research: | 15% |
| Percent of Time spent in clinical: | 55% |
| Percent of Time spent in teaching: | 10% |
| Clinical Setting: | hospital, dental school |
| Associated Hospitals: | Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center |
| On-Call Arrangements: | Residents rotate On-Call 24/7/365 |
| Average Number of Surgical Procedures per residency (excluding implants): | 250 |
| Average Number of Cases completed per residency: | n/a |
| Research Requirements: | Original research thesis |
| Residency Programs available in other Dental Specialties: | Yes. All other speciality programs available. |
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