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Advanced Periodontology

The advanced periodontology certificate program is a 36-month, 180-unit course of study designed to prepare postdoctoral students for clinical practice. The program in periodontology is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation, a specialized accrediting body recognized by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation and the United States Department of Education. The program also meets the educational requirements of the American Board of Periodontology. A specialty certificate in periodontics will be awarded upon successful completion of the program.

The curriculum provides a sound foundation in those basic sciences and medical subjects which apply directly to clinical periodontics. Emphasis is placed on the interaction of periodontics with other specialties and general dentistry. The central theme of the curriculum is that periodontology is the science basic to all of clinical dentistry.

The program is structured to produce skilled periodontists with the technical and scientific abilities to provide periodontal services to the community and to prepare students for teaching careers. This program also provides a portion of the requirements necessary for an advanced degree in a basic science.

A core oral biology curriculum combined with fundamentals of physical diagnosis, anatomy, pathology, microbiology, research interpretation and design, and pharmacology constitute the biological foundation upon which the advanced postdoctoral student builds his or her skills. The program provides knowledge and clinical expertise in all types of periodontal treatments required for the practice of oral health care including the placement and care of implants. Clinical experience in pharmacosedation and treatment of special care patients is available for those who are interested in these fields.

The program faculty believes that graduates should be dedicated to the concept of being a continuous student and should contribute to periodontics and to dentistry by practice, education, publication and/or research.

Required Advanced Periodontology Curriculum

Required coursesUnits
ADNT 701Research Methodologies in Dentistry2
ADNT 702Physical Diagnosis2
ADNT 703a-jSeminar: Combined Treatment Planning2 each
ADNT 704abOral Biology1-13 each
ADNT 710Internship: Dental Education1-5
AMED 750abcPhysical Evaluation and Anesthesia2-2-1
ANAT 701Advanced Head and Neck Anatomy1
CBY 575aBiologic Basis of Oral-Facial Disease3
DHIS 701Advanced Oral Histology2
DPHR 701Advanced Pharmacology1
PERI 701abSeminar: Review of Current Periodontal Literature2-3
PERI 702abSeminar: Periodontal Treatment Procedures2-2
PERI 704a-jSeminar: Periodontal Therapy2 each
PERI 707Seminar: Biological Basis of Periodontics4
PERI 708Seminar: Clinical Basis of Periodontics4
PERI 709Biochemical Aspects of Periodontal Disease1
PERI 710Clinical Periodontal Photography1
PERI 711Occlusal Therapy in Periodontics2
PERI 713a-jTreatment Planning in Periodontics2 each
PERI 716abSeminar: Special Topics in Periodontal Disease3-3
PERI 750Advanced Periodontal Instrumentation3
PERI 752Interdisciplinary Treatment: An Orthodontic Perspective2
PERI 761a-jClinic: Advanced Periodontics1-10 each
PERI 790abDirected Research: Periodontics1-6 each
PTHL 601Seminar: Advanced Oral Pathology2
REST 710abcdImplant Dentistry1-1-1-1
REST 782abcdeClinic: Implant Prosthodontics1-10 each

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