Both programs offer excellent educational guidance and broad, hands-on experience in virtually all aspects of dentistry.
Residents receive instruction in treatment planning and the effective delivery of dental care.
The patient population includes a large number of children, the elderly, the mentally and physically challenged, and those with a variety of systemic diseases including HIV-related illness. The Family Health Center is located in the historic district of Paterson, minutes from the hospital campus. It houses a 14 operatory dental facility opened in 1994. At this facility, residents see adult outpatients in a private practice setting. Supervision and guidance are provided by program faculty as well as a large staff of generalists and specialists who treat hospital employees at that site and are available to enhance resident education.