The full complement of faculty of the College of Dentistry as well as the College of Medicine are either available for consultation or directly participate in the program. Clinical experiences are offered specifically in oral pathology, oral surgery, periodontics, endodontics, pediatric dentistry, geriatric dentistry, special patient care, medically compromised, hospital dentistry, restorative and prosthetic dentistry. The residents can be involved in our implant dentistry program. The program has three regular and dedicated GPR trained faculty. These faculty bring a wealth of specialty and private general practice experience to share with the residents as role models.
Dental residents get experience treating over fifty hospital consult patients each month.
This includes cancer, bone marrow transplant, heart and kidney transplant, spinal cord injury and stroke patients plus many others. Operating room dental cases are scheduled weekly for mentally retarded, developmentally disabled, and medically compromised patients. Approximately 200 OR and outpatient general anesthesia general dentistry cases are done each year. Residents in the clinical dentistry track will spend less time on medical services and consequently more time in the dental clinic. The residents in this area of concentration will spend approximately 3 months of their time at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Chillicothe, Ohio for concentrated prosthetics and oral surgery experiences.