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Curriculum
The curriculum was developed to meet the Program Goals and Objectives.
The percentage of the students/residents total program time is devoted to:
| Didactics |
1620 hours |
30% |
| Clinical Activities |
2700 hours |
50% |
| Research Activities |
540 hours |
10% |
| Teaching |
540 hours |
10% |
| TOTAL |
5400 hours |
100% |
Sequential List of Courses:
FIRST YEAR, SUMMER SEMESTER |
Course Title |
Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
| Periodontics Specialty Clinic 1 |
48 |
1.0 |
| Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology |
16 |
1.0 |
| Advanced Periodontal Concepts |
60 |
1.3 |
| Advanced Periodontal Biology |
32 |
2.0 |
| Oral Medicine & Clinical Diagnosis |
16 |
0.7 |
| Postgraduate Dental Implantology Seminar 1 A |
16 |
0.7 |
| |
156 |
4.7 |
FIRST YEAR, FALL SEMESTER |
Course Title |
Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
| Periodontics Specialty Clinic 2 |
96 |
2.0 |
| Periodontics Journal Club 1A |
32 |
0.7 |
| Periodontics Treatment Planning 1A |
16 |
0.3 |
| Periodontal Literature Review Seminar 1 |
80 |
1.7 |
| Periodontal Case Presentations Seminar 1A |
32 |
0.7 |
| Pain Control & Sedation/Comprehensive Pain Management 1 |
32 |
2.0 |
| Postgraduate Dental Implantology Seminar 1B |
16 |
0.7 |
| Research Methodology & Biostatistics 1 |
32 |
2.0 |
| |
336 |
10.1 |
FIRST YEAR, SPRING SEMESTER |
Course Title |
Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
| Periodontics Specialty Clinic 3 |
96 |
2.0 |
| Periodontal Journal Club 1B |
24 |
0.5 |
| Periodontics Treatment Planning 1B |
24 |
0.5 |
| Periodontal Literature Review Seminar 2 |
96 |
2.0 |
| Periodontal Case Presentations Seminar 1B |
48 |
1.0 |
| Periodontal Research 1 |
24 |
1.5 |
| Pain Control & Sedation/Comprehensive Pain Mangement 2 |
48 |
1.0 |
| Postgraduate Dental Implantology Seminar 1C |
24 |
1.0 |
| Occlusion & TMJ Dysfunction 1 |
24 |
1.5 |
| Research Methodology & Biostatistics 2 |
48 |
3.0 |
| |
456 |
14.0 |
SECOND YEAR, SUMMER SEMESTER |
Course Title |
Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
| Periodontics Specialty Clinic 4 |
48 |
1.0 |
| Periodontal Research 2 |
16 |
1.0 |
| Anesthesiology |
64 |
1.3 |
| Otolaryngology |
64 |
1.3 |
| TMJ Clinic 1A (rotation) |
16 |
0.3 |
| Head and Neck Anatomy |
16 |
1.0 |
| |
224 |
5.9 |
SECOND YEAR, FALL SEMESTER |
Course Title |
Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
| Periodontics Specialty Clinic 5 |
96 |
2.0 |
| Periodontics Journal Club 2A |
32 |
0.7 |
| Periodontics Treaetment Planning 2A |
16 |
0.3 |
| Periodontal Literature Review Seminar 3 |
80 |
1.7 |
| Periodontal Case Presentations Seminar 2A |
32 |
0.7 |
| Periodontal Research 3 |
16 |
1.0 |
| Periodontics Clinical Teaching 1A |
16 |
1.0 |
| Minor Tooth Movement 1A |
32 |
1.3 |
| Postgraduate Dental Implantology Seminar 2A |
16 |
0.7 |
| TMJ Clinic 1B (rotation) |
32 |
0.7 |
| Implants in the Orthodontic Patient |
16 |
1.0 |
| Periodontic/Orthodontic Treatment |
16 |
1.0 |
| |
339.3 |
12.1 |
SECOND YEAR, SPRING SEMESTER |
Course Title |
Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
| Periodontics Specialty Clinic 6 |
96 |
2.0 |
| Periodontal Journal Club 2B |
24 |
0.5 |
| Periodontics Treatment Planning 2B |
24 |
0.5 |
| Periodontal Literature Review Seminar 4 |
96 |
2.0 |
| Periodontal Case Presentations Seminar 2B |
48 |
1.0 |
| Periodontal Research 4 |
24 |
1.5 |
| Periodontics Clinical Teaching 1B |
24 |
1.5 |
| Minor Tooth Movement 1B |
48 |
2.0 |
| Practice Management |
24 |
1.5 |
| Advanced Immunology/Microbiology |
24 |
1.5 |
| Postgraduate Dental Implantology Seminar 2B |
24 |
1.0 |
| Advanced Topics in Pharmacology |
24 |
1.5 |
| |
480 |
16.5 |
THIRD YEAR, SUMMER SEMESTER |
Course Title |
Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
| Periodontics Specialty Clinic |
48 |
1.0 |
| Periodontal Research 5 |
8 |
0.5 |
| Periodontics Clinical Teaching 2A |
16 |
1.0 |
| Advanced Diagnosis or Oral Lesions |
TBA |
TBA |
| |
72 |
2.5 |
THIRD YEAR, FALL SEMESTER |
Course Title |
Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
| Periodontics Specialty Clinic 8 |
96 |
2.0 |
| Periodontal Journal Club 3A |
32 |
0.7 |
| Periodontics Treatment Planning 3A |
16 |
0.3 |
| Periodontal Literature Review Seminar 5 |
80 |
1.7 |
| Periodontal Case Presentations Seminar 3A |
32 |
0.7 |
| Periodontal Research 6 |
32 |
2.0 |
| Periodontics Clinical Teaching 2B |
16 |
1.0 |
| Periodontics Specialty Elective |
32 |
2.0 |
| Postgraduate Dental Implantology Seminar 3A |
16 |
0.7 |
| |
352 |
11.1 |
THIRD YEAR, SPRING SEMESTER |
Course Title |
Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
| Periodontics Specialty Clinic |
96 |
2.0 |
| Periodontal Journal Club 3B |
24 |
0.5 |
| Periodontics Treatment Planning 3B |
24 |
0.5 |
| Periodontal Literature Review Seminar 6 |
96 |
2.0 |
| Periodontal Case Presentations Seminar 3B |
48 |
1.0 |
| Periodontal Research 7 |
48 |
3.0 |
| Periodntics Clinical Teaching 2C |
24 |
1.5 |
| Periodontics Specialty Elective |
48 |
3.0 |
| Postgraduate Dental Implantology Seminar 3B |
24 |
1.0 |
| |
432 |
14.5 |
| GRAND TOTAL |
2879 |
93.4 |
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