Periodontics, Advanced Certificate

The advanced dental education program in Periodontics trains specialists for careers as academicians, scientists and clinicians. The program is designed to train dentists in the art and science of periodontology, who will be able to plan, initiate and carry out a research program in a field relevant to periodontics. The clinical phase of the periodontics program is offered in conjunction with a research degree program: periodontics/MS in oral sciences, or biomaterials or periodontics/PhD in oral biology.

Periodontics Certificate Core

Required Clinical Core (56 credits)

PER 907 - Current Methods in Hospital Dental Anesthesia (4 credits, 4 semesters)
PER 912 - Adv Periodontics Clinic (6 credits, 6 semesters)
PER 930 - Supv Tchg Periodontics (1 credit, 4 semesters)

Required Didactic Core - Continuous Registration (57 credits)

CLD 946 - Postgrad Implant Dent-Part I (2 credits, 2 semesters)
CLD 947 - Postgrad Implant Dent-Part II (2 credits, 4 semesters)
CLD 950 - Contemp Interdis Ptnt Care Sem (0.5 credits, 6 semesters)
PER 603 - Periodontal Biology (2 credits, 6 semesters/program length)
PER 914 - Postgrad Treatmt Planning (1 credit, 6 semesters/program length)
PER 916 - Conjoint Clin Sciences (0.5 credits, 6 semesters/program length)
PER 917 - Periodontlgy Journl Club (1 credit, 6 semesters/program length)
PER 919 - Advanced Periodontal Surgery (1 credit, 6 semesters/program length)
PER 921 - Comp Perio Trtmt Plan (2 credits, 2 semesters)
RDN 921 - Digital Dental Technology (2 credits, 2 semesters)
ORT 957 - Ortho-Perio Relationships (0.5 credits, 2 semesters)

Required Didactic Core - One-Time Registration (32 credits)

(Ph.D. students or those with a Ph.D. pursuing a postdoctoral research program may enroll in alternate or substitute courses in lieu of the courses below with approval from the Program Director)

CLD 555 - Head and Neck Anatomy (1 credit)
ODS 514 - ANA/Physio Mastic Syst (3 credits)
ODS 535 - Advanced Oral Pathology (2 credits)
ODS 915 - Introduction to Cone Beam CT i (0.5 credits)
ODS 972 - Oral Med Diag & Mgmt (1 credit)
ORB 500 - Cranio. Dev, Tissue Eng & Oral (2 credits)
ORB 510 - Saliva & Oral Microbiome (4 credits)
ORB 522 - Crse in Scientific Writg (1 credit)
ORB 545 - Dynamics of Bone (2 credits)
OS 502 - Oral Sci:Physio of Pain (2 credits)
OS 506 - Oral Sci:Biomaterials (1 credit)
OS 512 - Res Design Oral Sciences (2 credits)
PER 978 - Sem Dental Pharmacolgy (0.5 credits)
RDN 905 - Restorative Implant Dent (1 credit)
RDN 936 - Periodontal Prosthetics (1 credit)
OS 518 - Stat Methods Oral Science (4 credits)
or
STA 527 - Introduction of Medical Statistics (4 credits)
PER 671 - Independ Study Graduate Periodontal and Dental Technologies (2 credits)
PER 910 - Advanced Periodontics (1 credit)
OS 510 - Res Sem in Oral Sciences (1 credit)