To provide this patient-centered care and simultaneously carry out its mission of preparing tomorrow's dental practitioners, over the past nine years NJDS has developed a group practice program that attempts to simulate a large associate group practice. This program is structured to encourage the interaction of patients with students, faculty, and staff.
Patients receive treatment based upon their oral health needs.
The CPCS is designed to optimize a patient's clinical care, and to this end, each group practice is responsible for managing its assigned patients. The GPAs and DCCs monitor the treatment progress of all patients in their groups, as well as their students' progress in the delivery of care. The group practice program helps students learn to juggle their multiple obligations and deadlines. Group A is slightly different from the other three groups in that it has two GPAs. Both part-time faculty and both holding certificates in periodontics, they bring a distinct private practice flavor to their group.