Dental Public Health Residency
Dental Public Health Residency Program
Dental public health is the art and science of preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting oral health through organized community efforts. These community efforts include assessments of oral health status and need for care, the use of scientific knowledge to influence oral health policy, and assurance of adequate services to achieve community health goals are available and provided.
The Dental Public Health Residency (Advanced Certificate) at the Eastman Institute for Oral Health is an intensive postdoctoral dental training program offering two tracks to meet candidates’ needs: one-year full-time or two-years part-time. One-year full-time residents may elect an optional second year to serve as the program’s chief resident.
The residency program includes didactic instruction, acquisition of research skills, and field experiences including community-oriented primary care. Clinical training is completed under the direct supervision of attending faculty in the Department of Community Dentistry. The primary clinical training site is the UR Medicine Eastman Dental School #17 Clinic, located at 158 Orchard Street in Rochester, New York. Clinical training includes providing dental care to patients in the Community Dentistry outreach clinics that predominantly treat underserved populations and school-aged children from Rochester and the surrounding areas.
Program Goal
The aim of the Dental Public Health Residency program is to provide dentists with the necessary educational preparation to: 1) practice dental public health; 2) become eligible to take and pass the American Board of Dental Public Health and to achieve diplomate status; and 3) design, conduct and lead dental public health and population-based research projects.
Outcomes
At the conclusion of the residency programs, the resident will:
- Be prepared to plan, implement and operate dental public health programs
- Be skilled in the methods of scientific inquiry and research, emphasizing oral health epidemiology and population-based efforts to prevent oral diseases and promote oral health
- Have a solid understanding of the process through which health policies are developed and regulated
- Have the technical skills necessary to assume leadership roles in the dental public health field
Accreditation
The Commission on Dental Accreditation has granted the accreditation status of “approval without reporting requirements” to the Dental Public Health Residency program at the Eastman Institute for Oral Health. The program is administered by an experienced program director, Dr. Sangeeta Gajendra, faculty members and an experienced administrative team.
Stipend
A stipend and resident benefits is available to dentists who earned their dental degree (DDS or DMD) from a dental school located in either the United States or Canada that is accredited by the American Dental Association (ADA) Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA). Foreign-trained dentists who have successfully completed a CODA accredited two-year Advanced Education in General Dentistry training program in the United States are also eligible to receive a stipend.
AdCommission Requirements
- A solid record of scholastic achievement that would indicate success in the dental public health residency program.
- A DDS or DMD degree from an accredited dental school, according to the standards of the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA). The Eastman Institute for Oral Health encourages applications from both domestic and foreign applicants. International applicants must be able to verify that their training is equivalent to an ADA accredited school by using World Education Services for an evaluation of their education.
- A Master of Public Health Degree from a US or Canadian School of Public Health.
HoHow to Apply
- Completed PASS application.
- Personal Statement discussing educational goals and career objectives
- Three letters of recommendation.
- Official undergraduate transcripts, where applicable.
- Official dental school transcripts. Successful applicants must have a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better on a 4-point scale.
- Official graduate school transcripts. Successful applicants must have a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better on a 4-point scale.
- WES ICAP evaluation for transcripts issued by institutions outside the U.S. and Canada
- Copy of Dental School Diploma, Copy of MPH Diploma
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), with a score of 85 or higher, as applicable (School code: 9487)
- A current Curriculum Vitae.
- International dental graduates must also submit: (a) TOEFL scores* (b) a letter of financial support and (c) an evaluation of all transcripts by the World Education Service (WES).
- Pay a non-refundable application fee of $195.00.
Deadline to apply:
Foreign-trained Dentists: September 1
US and Canadian-trained Dentists: October 1
For more information, contact:
Sangeeta Gajendra, DDS, MPH, MS
Associate Professor, Clinical Chief
DPH Residency Program Director
Dept. of Community Dentistry
Eastman Institute for Oral Health
625 Elmwood Avenue
Rochester, NY 14620
Tel: (585)-273-4763
Email: sangeeta_gajendra@urmc.rochester.edu