All residents attend regularly scheduled lecture courses in basic sciences and oral disease. Lectures and seminars relating to periodontal disease and its treatment are an important part of the specialty program. Residents actively participate in these sessions as part of their training and frequently serve as seminar leaders. Emphasis is placed upon a biologic orientation and application of these principles to the clinical management of periodontal diseases. Informal academic gatherings are arranged with outstanding teachers and investigators in periodontology and allied fields to provide a unique source of stimulation and knowledge.
Clinical instruction is provided throughout the program.
Several sessions are spent each week in the periodontology clinic to develop and maintain clinical skills in periodontics. Case management is done with close consultation and assistance from the faculty. Treatment rationale is emphasized. Each resident manages several cases under the combined supervision of the orthodontic, prosthodontic, and periodontic programs. These cases are discussed at joint seminars.