General
Description
The goal of the Advanced Education Program in Orthodontics and Dentofacial
Orthopedics is to provide students with an education of the highest
quality that will enable them to render proficient orthodontic care
to their patients throughout their professional career.
Didactic
Program
The curriculum includes graduate-level biomedical science as well as
orthodontic specific courses. Over the 24 months of training, the program
devotes 20 percent of the time to didactic education, in the form of
lectures, seminars, and laboratory courses. Students participate actively
by presenting cases in diagnostic conferences (case presentations),
literature review, and seminars.
Year One: Craniofacial Development, Biology of Bone,
Head and Neck Anatomy, Clinical Pharmacology, Biomechanics, Orthodontic
Orientation, Diagnosis and Treatment, Edgewise Appliance, Current Literature
in Orthodontics, Interdisciplinary Seminars, Seminars in Growth and
Development, Seminars in Orthognathic Surgery, Orthodontic Records and
Clinical Interpretation, Orthodontic Theory and Mechanotherapy, Introduction
to Pedagogy, Basic Life Support, and CPR I.
Year Two: Orthodontics Practice Management and Seminars, Orthodontics
Clinical Seminars, Diagnosis and Treatment Planning, Orthodontics Clinic,
Current Literature in Orthodontics, Interdisciplinary Seminars, and
Orthodontics Research.
Clinical
Program
Students are assigned a large number of patients presenting a variety
of malocclusions, representative of all malocclusions encountered in
a contemporary orthodontic practice. They gain valuable experience in
diagnosis, treatment planning, orthodontic therapy, and patient management.
Patients are treated with state-of-the-art orthodontic appliances.
Research
Program
Under the guidance of the departmental research committee, all students
must develop a research project and bring it to completion. Students
are expected to present their research project at the annual research
meeting of the orthodontic programs in the New York-New Jersey area
and to write a thesis, which must be accepted by the committee. In addition,
they are expected to turn in the research material in a publishable
format.
Teaching
Program
Students teach both at the graduate and undergraduate level.
Accreditation
Status
The program is fully accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation
of the American Dental Association.
Length
of the Program
The Advanced Education Program in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
starts August 1 of each year and lasts two full calendar years (24 months).
This program provides students with an extensive clinical experience
that includes both basic sciences and departmental lectures and seminars.
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