Application Questions and Answers

Applicants to Graduate Medical Education (GME) Dental Residency Programs must meet one of the following requirements:

• Graduated from a dental school located in the U.S. or Canada that is fully approved by the American Dental Association’s Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) or the Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada (CDAC).
• Successfully completed a 2-year program in Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) from a CODA-accredited dental school in the U.S.
• Successfully completed an Advanced Standing Program for International Dentists after earning a dental degree outside of the U.S.

GME Dental Residency Programs provide an annual stipend and employee benefits including health insurance and tuition assistance.

Candidates who do not qualify for GME Residency are welcome to apply to EIOH’s Postdoctoral Dental Training Programs for Foreign-Trained Dentists, which are tuition-based and do not provide an annual stipend. See Tuition and Fees for details.

Candidates for admission must be qualified graduates in dentistry with a genuine interest in advanced training, either in General Dentistry or in one of the following specialized areas: Dental Public Health, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Orofacial Pain, Orthodontics, Pediatric Dentistry, Periodontics, or Prosthodontics. All residency and postdoctoral training programs include advanced study in both the clinical and basic sciences of dentistry and research.

For more details, please see our Eligibility and Admissions Requirements page.

Applications are reviewed as they are received by Program Directors and Admissions Committee Members.

Please see our Application Deadlines & Timelines page for more details.

Interviews are by invitation only, with invitations generally sent by email. Each program begins to schedule interviews within a month of the application deadline. Please see our Application Deadlines & Timelines page for more details.

Admissions Committees meet to make admissions decisions shortly after interviews conclude. Residency programs that utilize the MATCH adhere to the dates identified by the National Matching Service for MATCH lists and release of MATCH results. View a schedule of important dates for the MATCH.

Programs that do not require registration through MATCH generally notify candidates of admissions decisions within a month after the conclusion of all interviews.

Please see our Application Deadlines & Timelines page for more details.

Once a decision regarding your application has been made, you will receive an email from the Admissions Office to inform you whether you have or have not been offered admission. If you have not received such an email, the program may still be reviewing your application.

Applications submitted through PASS are subject to the application fees for use of this online service.

An additional non-refundable $195 Application Fee is required for GME Residency and Postdoctoral Dental Training Program applications, except for the General Practice Residency and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery programs.

Please visit the Tuition and Fees webpage for more information on the costs associated with each program.

GME Dental Residency Programs provide an annual stipend and employee benefits including health insurance and tuition assistance.

Postdoctoral Dental Training Programs for Foreign-Trained Dentists are tuition-based and do not provide stipends.

For more details about who qualifies for these programs, please see our Eligibility and Admissions Requirements page.

Financial aid is available for those who qualify. Please visit the SMD Financial Aid Office website or call the Office at (585) 275-4523.

Trainees may utilize a combination of resources including personal funds and private loans to cover the cost of tuition, fees and living expenses. Scholarships are not offered.

Please see our Eligibility and Admissions Requirements page for details.

No, licensure is not required to apply for any of the programs. However, applicants accepted into the Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD), General Practice Residency (GPR), Pediatric Dentistry and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) GME residency programs must register with the New York State Education Department each year for the duration of the program. An annual $105 registration fee is the responsibility of the resident. The EIOH Registrar’s Office coordinates the registration for our residents.

The GRE General Test is only required for applications to our Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics programs. Use school code 1002 - Eastman Institute for Oral Health. Please do not use code 2948. GRE Subject Tests are not required and do not replace the GRE General Test.

Applicants to GME Dental Residency Programs must take the INBDE and provide us with the results.

The INBDE is not required for applicants to tuition-based Postdoctoral Dental Training Programs for Foreign-Trained Dentists.

No, the ADAT is not required for any of our programs.

All applicants must be proficient in the English language.

Foreign-trained applicants who do not qualify for GME Residency are required to complete the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and achieve a score of 4.5 or higher (equivalent to 86+). Use school code 9487.

TOEFL scores are valid within 2 years of the original test date. MyBest scores and Home Editions of TOEFL are not accepted.

Applicants who completed their dental degree outside of the U.S. and Canada are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), unless they have successfully completed an Advanced Standing Program for International Dentists or a 2-year program in Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) from a CODA-accredited dental school in the U.S.

Exceptions to the TOEFL requirement may be granted for applicants who have earned a high school diploma, undergraduate degree, or PhD from a school in the U.S. An exception for the TOEFL will be considered with a written request and applicable transcripts submitted to the EIOH Admissions Office.

Completion of a graduate-level degree (such as an MS) at an institution where the instruction is conducted in English is not sufficient to exempt an applicant from the TOEFL requirement.

Applicants who completed their dental degree outside the U.S. and Canada may be eligible for GME Dental Residency if they have successfully completed a 2-year program in Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) from a CODA-accredited dental school in the U.S., or have successfully completed an Advanced Standing Program for International Dentists.

Candidates who do not qualify for GME Residency are welcome to apply to EIOH’s Postdoctoral Dental Training Programs for Foreign-Trained Dentists, which are tuition-based.

EIOH's Master's Degree Program and Preceptorships are also open to dental school graduates from outside the U.S. and Canada.