General Practice Residency Program

Our General Practice Residency program, directed by Kishore Shetty, DDS, MS, is dedicated to ensuring that residents get the best possible experience that will enable them to provide oral healthcare not only to the general public but also to patients who are medically compromised or have special needs—and to gain that experience in hospital settings, in private offices, or in public health clinics.

With oral health and systemic health so vitally connected, general dentists are expected to serve as important members of the health care team.

The General Practice Residency program also has a mission to provide oral health care to underserved individuals, whether they be medically indigent or medically complex, and those who may find it difficult to receive care in the private community.

Residents in our General Practice Residency Program will rotate through several areas that will prepare them for:
• careers in primary care dentistry
• advanced levels of patient care
• community service in areas of need
• oral health care in a hospital setting

Rotations:
• Anesthesiology rotation
• Comprehensive dental treatment of adults and hospital patients
• Emergency Department rotation
• ENT rotation
• Grand Rounds presentation
• Management of admitted dental patients
• Management of after hours emergencies
• Pediatric Dentistry rotations through pediatric clinic by assignment
• Public Health rotation (Salud Dental Clinic)
• Radiology/Oncology rotation
• Orthodontic treatment/lectures minor procedures
• Hospital patients through Faculty Practice