FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

AEGD FAQs

1. What are the biggest strengths of the LMC AEGD Program?
2. What types of patients will I treat during my residency?
3. What is the length of the program and number of positions?
4. Will I be paid for my services and receive benefits?
5. At what type of facilities will I receive training?
6. What are the curriculum components?
7. Will I be on call 24/7?
8. What are admission requirements for the AEGD program?
9. What is the application process?
10. Will I have exposure to implant dentistry?
11. Will I be involved in conducting primary research?
12. Will I be able to attend conferences and workshops?
13. Are there formal requirements I must complete to achieve the program certificate?
14. Is there the opportunity to pursue a Public Health degree while in the AEGD Program?

1. What are the biggest strengths of the LMC AEGD Program?

   • Solidify clinical and practice management skills by treating as many as 1500 patient visits/year.
   • Become confident practitioners with bright futures in private practice, community/public health, specialty training programs or academic dentistry.
   • Gain practice experience in large, group practice environments working with general and specialist dentists, dental hygienists and dental assistants and physicians.
   • 3 to 1 faculty to student ratio in many cases yielding close and personalized mentoring and guidance relationships.
   • Residents have the opportunity to participate in a number of activities including medical clerkship rotations, public and community health related activities and supplemental, advanced clinical rotations developed by the health center training sites.
   • Comprehensive training in general dentistry.
   • Training in leading-edge technologically advanced environments.
   • Participation in an advanced distance learning and computer based didactic curriculum.
   • Be part of the service-learning mission: Learn while providing quality healthcare services to underserved communities and populations.
   • Potential career opportunities for program completers in community health center practice and public health.

2. What types of patients will I treat during my residency?

   • Healthy, special needs and medically compromised patients.
   • Diverse populations: male, female, transgender, pediatric, elderly, and all age ranges in-between as well as, racial, religious, ethnic and economic diversity.
   • Patients requiring a broad range of basic and/or advanced oral health care services and treatment.
   • Residents have the opportunity to generate up to 1500 patient visits during the year.

3. What is the length of the program and number of positions?

   • One year (12 months)
   • Optional 2nd year (12 months)
   • Over 100 1st year positions available in over 17 US states and the Caribbean.
   • Over 25 2nd year positions available in over 17 US states and the Caribbean.
   • Each training site accepts anywhere from 1 to 5 residents.

4. Will I be paid for my services and receive benefits?

   • 1st year residents:
     • US and Candian dental school graduates receive $40,000 per year annual gross salary.
     • Interantional dental school graduates receive $20,000 per year annual gross salary.
     • Additional benefits that include 20 vacation days, 4 continuing education days, malpractice, medical, prescription and dental insurance.
   • 2nd year residents:
     • US and Canadian dental school graduates receive $45,000 per year annual gross salary.
     • International dental school graduates receive $22,500 per year annual gross salary.
     • Additional benefits that include 20 vacation days, 4 continuing education days, malpractice, medical, prescription and dental insurance.
     • $1000 credit towards continuing education pursuits outside of the program’s formal curriculum.

5. At what type of facilities will I receive training?

   • All health center training sites operate as large group practices. They provide the required clinical experiences in postgraduate education as well as the modern, required and necessary equipment, materials, resources and staff support to provide residents with advanced dental training.
   • Training sites vary in size, location, and patient demographics. The AEGD program offers something for everyone; 4 to 50 operatory practice sites in rural, suburban and urban locations. The AEGD program strives to match you to a location that bests fits your interests.
   • Residents will be assigned to one health center for the entire year of training to promote continuity of care for the patients and continuity of experience for the resident.
   • Occasionally, clinical experience enhancements will be offered by rotation to other affiliated health center training sites within a region.
   • LMC encourages you to speak with each assistant program director and health center dental director to uncover the assets unique to each of the individual sites of interest.

6. What are the curriculum components?

   • Clinical curriculum is 75% of the residents’ total experience.
     • Residents will provided comprehensive oral health care to patients toward case completion.
     • Residents will have the opportunity to perform basic and advanced clinical procedures including, but not limited to: preventive and interceptive therapy, simple and complex restorations, surgical and non-surgical endodontics, surgical and non-surgical periodontics, removable and fixed prosthodontics, hard and soft tissue surgery, pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain and anxiety control.
   • Didactic curriculum comprises 25% of the residents’ total experience. Didactic instruction is received through a number of venues that include, but are not limited to:*
     • Formal lectures delivered using videoteleconferencing technology
     • Asynchronous web-based forums and lectures
     • Small group interactive sessions
     • The following represents the core didactic curriculum of the program:
       • Dental Anesthesia, Emergency Dentistry
       • Emergency Medicine
       • Endodontics
       • Geriatrics
       • Hospital Dentistry
       • Implant Dentistry
       • Infection Control
       • Literature Review
       • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
       • Oral Medicine/Oral Pathology
       • Pain and Anxiety Control
       • Periodontics
       • Physical Diagnosis
       • Practice Management
       • Prosthodontics
       • Research
       • Restorative Dentistry
       • Risk Management
       • Social Sciences
       • Treatment Plan & Case Presentations_

7. Will I be on call 24/7?

   
   Traditionally, this program does not have on-call, extra clinical and/or medical rotation requirements. However, these experiences may be developed for the resident at the discretion of the health center training site and the program administration. Some health center training sites have traditional hours of operation while others may have late evening sessions and some weekend hours. The resident’s training schedule will be developed at the discretion of the health center training sites in collaboration with the program administration.

8. What are admission requirements for the AEGD program?

   • 1st year:
     • Graduation from an approved US or Canadian dental school.
     • Passed part 1 and part 2 of the National Dental Board Examination.
     • Eligible for a temporary license or limited permit in those states that require these documents for practice within the scope of the AEGD program.
     • Satisfy immigration requirements (if not a US citizen or green card holder).
     • Completion of the Lutheran Medical Center House Staff package and the AEGD Program acceptance package.
   • 2nd year:
     • Same as the 1st year requirements, including evidence of completion of a first year AEGD or GPR program.
   • International Dental School Graduates:
     The AEGD program will admit eligible international dental school graduates. These candidates must comply with the same admission requirements as outlined for all 1st and 2nd year program candidates, plus credentials and dental school diploma verification from an independent credentials verification service. In compliance with individual state dental board requirements, placement of international dental school graduates occurs in the following AEGD regions only:
     Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Puerto Rico and *Washington.
     *Washington candidates: applications accepted only for the 2nd year program level. Candidates must have completed an approved 1st year program.

9. What is the application process?

   • Program deadline for receipt of applications is December 1st.
     The program participates in PASS. Candidates, regardless of whether or not they use the PASS service, should check the website www.adea.org and click on “Dental Postgraduate Pathways” and search the Lutheran Medical Center AEGD Programs for a list of documents that are required in the application, and a list of documents required before admission into the program. Lutheran Medical Center AEGD program does not have a separate application.
   • Required application documents:
     • Dean’s letter of recommendation
     • 2 letters of recommendation from clinical faculty
     • 2 Personal potential index reports (PASS PPI)
     • Part 1 of the National Dental Board Examination
     • Dental school transcript
     • Resume/Curriculum vitae
     • Personal statement
     • Credentials verification (international dental school graduates only)
     • There are no limits as to the number of regions to which candidates may apply.
   • All candidates:
     • Applicants must be either US citizens, green card holders or eligible for the OPT or TN-1 visa.
     • The AEGD program participates in the MATCH process. All applicants must register for a MATCH identification number.

10. Will I have exposure to implant dentistry?

    
    The didactic curriculum provides formal instruction in implant dentistry, as well as hands-on workshops. Many, but not all of the health center training sites may provide for the opportunity of surgical placement and/or restoration of implants. Candidates must research this directly with the regional assistant directors and the health center training sites.

11. Will I be involved in conducting primary research?

    
    Public health research is a requirement of the 2nd year program. However, residents interested in pursuing research may do so during the 1st year of the program. The program provides approved resources for the pursuit of research projects and encourages residents in presentation and publication of projects at formal venues. Many of our residents have either published or presented their projects at formal dental and research organization meetings and competitions.

12. Will I be able to attend conferences and workshops?

    
    The program provides all residents with 4 paid days towards the pursuit of continuing education endeavors outside of the formal didactic curriculum. Travel, lodging and all fees associated with the conferences and workshops are the responsibility of the resident.

13. Are there formal requirements I must complete to achieve the program certificate?

    
    Yes. Residents must complete the attendance, evaluation and reporting, and specific clinical and didactic requirements established by the program. These are outlined in the AEGD program manual and provided to residents during the formal orientation session at the beginning of the program year. Residents are advised and counseled by the program administration and faculty regarding their progress and achievements during the course of the program year in order to assist them with meeting program requirements.

14. Is there the opportunity to pursue a Public Health degree while in the AEGD Program?

    
    Yes. There exists a joint AEGD-MPH program. Currently, this program is established in Michigan. Residents in this program must have already completed one year of an AEGD program and enter the program as a second year resident as well as achieve a passing grade on the GRE examination. This is a two year program: during Year 1 and Year 2 of this program, residents will engage in clinical practice at a health center training site while pursuing the MPH degree at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

Anesthesiology FAQs

1. What are the biggest strengths of the LMC DENTAL ANESTHESIOLOGY program?
2. What types of patients will I treat during my residency?
3. What is the length of the program and number of positions?
4. Will I be paid for my service and receive benefits?
5. At what type of facilities will I practice and learn?
6. What are the curriculum components?
7. Will I be on-call 24/7?
8. What are admission requirements for program?
9. What is the application process?
10. Will I have exposure to implant dentistry?

11. Will I be involved in conducting primary research?
12. Will I be able to attend conferences and workshops?

13. Will I have an opportunity to collaborate in research initiatives and submit papers for publications?

14. Do you offer externships?

1. What are the biggest strengths of the LMC DENTAL ANESTHESIOLOGY program?

   • Ethnically diverse patient population
   • Large patient population
   • Modern clinical facilities
   • Close professional relationship with dental and medical staff
   • Extensive training in the use of pharmacological/non-pharmacological modalities of treatments
   • Specialists in all disciplines of dentistry including but not limited to orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, prosthodontics, special needs patients, oral surgery, oral pathology and periodontics.
   • Large number of Dental Anesthesiologists on staff
   • Chronic pain rotation
   • Proximity to New York City, with excellent breadth of educational experiences

2. What types of patients will I treat during my residency?

   • Treat as many as 500 patients/ yr – including pediatric, special needs, medically compromised, trauma, and emergency patients.
   • Since much of training occurs in an OR setting, the case types run the gamut of dental and medical procedures alongside medical and dental healthcare teams of generalists and specialists.
   • Diverse populations : male, female patients who come from racial, religious, ethnic and economically diverse populations.

3. What is the length of the program and number of positions?


   • The 24-month program begins July 1st of each year. Four resident positions are offered each year at Lutheran Medical Center in SW Brooklyn, N.Y.

4. Will I be paid for my service and receive benefits?

   • There is no tuition and the residents receive a stipend for PGY1of $54,303, plus fringe benefits and a PGY2 stipend of $58,137, plus fringe benefits. Fringe benefits include medical and dental insurance, prescription plan, $750/per year for course registration, nine holidays, 20 days paid vacation and paid sick days.

5. At what type of facilities will I practice and learn?

   
   Since the program is hospital-based, the residents receive extensive clinical training. There is ample opportunity to manage patient care under General Anesthesia and Sedation in the Operating Room, in outpatient Dental Centers and in Mobile Anesthesia delivery settings. Residents also have an opportunity to care for individuals with atypical facial pain and chronic pain relating to the stomatognathic system. Attending dental and medical anesthesiologists oversee the residents in delivery of care.
   With a ten week rotation in Arizona to deliver care in multiple settings – including mobile anesthesia office-based practice – the resident acquires the experience needed to deliver dental care in non-hospital settings. A six-week rotation in an affiliated hospital – Helen Hayes Hospital in Rockland County, NY (about 30 miles north of New York City) provides extensive experience in the anesthetic management of the special needs patients, including the developmentally disabled, developmentally delayed, and the syndromic patient.

6. What are the curriculum components?

   
   
The curriculum consists of structured lectures, learning activities and scheduled weekly conferences (live and live-via-video teleconferences). There is ample opportunity for small resident group interactions. There are multidisciplinary seminars with the GPR, Pediatric Dentistry, Endodontic and AEGD residents as well as specialty-focused seminars. Biomedical courses include: oral biology, anesthesia, physical diagnosis, orofacial pain, research methods and materials and extensive literature review.
   • First-year residents participate in relevant aspects of the dental core curriculum. Lutheran Medical Center is affiliated with SUNY Downstate Medical Center and the residents go there for an intensive orientation for the first several months and subsequently for weekly lectures. Grand Rounds, Colloquia, Board review and general lectures are given at Lutheran Medical Center throughout the year. Additional education is presented by renowned speakers utilizing distance learning via live video teleconferences.
   • The anesthesiology curriculum includes a 8-week medicine rotation where history and physical diagnosis is emphasized and a similar 4 week rotation in Pediatric Medicine. Because the program is mainly situated in the hospital, there is an emphasis on treatment of the medically compromised patient. Currently, some books are supplied; the hospital has an on-site library as well as on-line resources for books and journals.
   • Residents participate in critical reviews of the literature and in-depth courses in research methods and materials. Along with dental and medical peers they are encouraged to produce a paper of publishable quality under the guidance of the Office of Clinical Research. The residents make presentations at Lutheran’s Annual Research Fair held each spring. Upon graduation, residents will have been trained to become boarded by outside agencies such as the American Dental Board of Anesthesiology and be recognized as providers of anesthesia services to dental patients as a result of graduation from a CODA-approved program.


7. Will I be on call 24/7?

   • As part of the Anesthesiology curriculum in management of the emergent and trauma patients, residents regularly participate in overnight calls. 


8. What are admission requirements for program?

   • DDS or DMD from an ADA-accredited American or Canadian Dental School
   • Must be eligible for temporary license in New York State
   • Non U.S. Candidates must be proficient in the English language
   • PASS application
   • Recent photograph sent directly to Lutheran Medical Center
   • Personal interview (if invited)

9. What is the application process?

   
   The Lutheran Dental Anesthesiology Residency Program participates in the PASS and MATCH Programs. Select candidates will be asked to come to Lutheran Medical Center for an interview and tour of our facility. We are required to submit our rank order lists on November 18, 2011. Both the applicants and the dental anesthesiology programs are informed of the results on November 30, 2011

10. Will I have exposure to implant dentistry?

    
    The Anesthesiology program offers no specific training on placement and restoration of implants. However, Anesthesiology residents could provide anesthesia during these types of procedures. Lutheran Medical Center Dental Medicine is expanding its OR capabilities at LICH. When this site is completed, providing anesthesia during implant procedures and other procedures will become part of core training.


11. Will I be involved in conducting primary research?

    
    Residents complete a clinical research project, which is presented at the Lutheran Medical Center Research Fair, leading to a publishable paper. The research symposiums throughout the first and second year guide the residents through their research. In addition, the residents have a teaching rotation. During the last few months of the training, the residents visit a number of private pediatric dental offices to gain experience in practice management and practice administration.

12. Will I be able to attend conferences and workshops?


    
    Yes.

13. Will I have an opportunity to collaborate in research initiatives and submit papers for publications?


    
    Yes.

14. Do you offer externships?

    
    The program also offers a special opportunity to undergraduate dental students. Fourth-year dental students may request short-term externships at Lutheran Medical Center. These students may observe or actually participate in patient care thereby gaining invaluable insight into postgraduate education in a fast-paced, urban health care environment.
    • Affiliation agreements for externships currently exist with:
      • New York University
      • Columbia University
      • University of Pennsylvania
      • State University of New York at Buffalo
      • State University of New York at Stony Brook
      • University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
      • Tufts University
      • Medical College of Georgia
      • University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
      • University of Puerto Rico
      • Virginia Commonwealth University

Endodontics FAQs

1. What are the biggest strengths of the LMC ENDODONTICS program?
2. What types of patients will I treat during my residency?
3. What is the length of the program and number of positions?
4. Will I be paid for my service and receive benefits?
5. At what type of facilities will I practice and learn?
6. What are the curriculum components?
7. Will I be on-call 24/7?
8. What are admission requirements for the Endodontics program?
9. What is the application process?
10. Will I have exposure to implant dentistry?
11. Will I be involved in conducting primary research?
12. Will I be able to attend conferences and workshops?
13. Will I have an opportunity to collaborate in research initiatives and submit papers for publications?
14. Do you offer externships?

1. What are the biggest strengths of the LMC ENDODONTICS program?

   • Ethnically diverse patient population
   • Large patient population
   • Modern clinical facilities
   • Close professional relationship with the medical staff
   • Attendings supervising the residents are all very experienced and have many years of private practice experience.
   • University affiliation
   • Extensive training in the use of pharmacological/non-pharmacological modalities of treatments
   • Specialists in all disciplines of dentistry, including but not limited to: orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, prosthodontics, special needs patients, oral surgery, oral pathology and periodontics

2. What types of patients will I treat during my residency?

   • Treat as many as 250-300/yr – medically compromised patients.
   • Diverse populations : male, female patients who come from racial, religious, ethnic and economically diverse populations.

3. What is the length of the program and number of positions?

   
   

The program is 25 months in length, commencing on July 1st of each year. There are three first-year and three second-year positions available at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. In addition, there are three first-year and three second-year positions available at our program at the University of Puerto Rico School of Dental Medicine.

4. Will I be paid for my service and receive benefits?

   • First-year residents receive a stipend of $30,000, plus fringe benefits
   • Second-year residents receive $35,000, plus fringe benefits
   • Additional stipend for the chief residents at each site
   • Fringe benefits include medical and dental insurance, prescription plan, $750/per year for course registration, nine holidays, four weeks of paid vacation, and paid sick days.

5. At what type of facilities will I practice and learn?

   • The program is hospital based and offered at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY and the University of Puerto Rico School of Dental Medicine.
   • Because the program is hospital-based and residents receive extensive clinical training. It encourages the use of all current technologies and methodologies including surgical operating microscopes, a variety of rotary instruments, and ultrasonics. Residents are taught to use these for numerous procedures in endodontics. Attending endodontists oversee the residents and all of them work in the private sector. This affords residents exposure to clinicians with many years of private practice experience. In addition, the residents have an opportunity to observe the attendings at their private offices. Since the program is hospital-based, there is ample opportunity to treat patients under sedation or in the operating room.

6. What are the curriculum components?

   • The distance learning curriculum of structured lectures and learning activities occur weekly via live video teleconference in addition to small resident group interactions. There are multidisciplinary seminars with PGD residents as well as specialty-focused seminars. Biomedical courses include: oral biology, anesthesia, physical diagnosis, endodontic series, orofacial pain, craniofacial development, research methods and materials and extensive literature review. Clinical rotations to enhance the didactic curriculum include: anesthesia, sedation and OR.
   • Residents complete a clinical research project and they participate in a poster presentation at the annual meeting of American Association of Endodontics as well as the annual Lutheran Medical Center Research Fair leading to a publishable paper. The research symposiums throughout the first and second year guide the residents through their research. In addition, the residents have a teaching rotation. During the last few months of training, the residents visit a number of private endodontic dental offices to gain experience in practice management and practice administration.
   • The endodontic residents present cases to residents assigned in extramural sites, including upstate New York, Metropolitan NYC, Boston, Arizona, Hawaii, Colorado, Alaska and Tennessee through distance learning via live video teleconference.

7. Will I be on-call 24/7?

   • As part of clinical and medical rotations, these experiences may be developed for the resident at the discretion of the health center training site.
   • Some health center training sites have traditional hours of operation while others may have late evening sessions and some weekend hours.
   • The resident’s training schedule will be developed at the discretion of the health center training sites in collaboration with the resident and program administration.


8. What are admission requirements for the Endodontics program?

   • DDS or DMD from one ADA-accredited American or Canadian Dental School
   • Must be eligible for temporary license in New York State
   • Non U.S. Candidates must be proficient in the English language and have proper work or student Visa
   • PASS application
   • Recent photograph sent directly to Lutheran Medical Center
   • Application fee of $50 sent directly to the address below and made payable to: Lutheran Medical Center Department of Dental Medicine Continuing Education

9. What is the application process?

   • The application deadline is August 1st of the year preceding matriculation.
   • The program participates in PASS.
   • Application materials may be obtained from PASS.

10. Will I have exposure to implant dentistry?


    
    Yes. We take the core curriculum with the GPRs and have implant lectures with them – we are also sponsered by Tulsa Dental and their implant system.

11. Will I be involved in conducting primary research?

    
    

Residents complete a clinical research project, which is presented at the AAPD Annual Session and the Lutheran Medical Center Research Fair, leading to a publishable paper. The research symposiums throughout the first and second year guide the residents through their research. In addition, the residents have a teaching rotation. During the last few months of the training, the residents visit a number of private pediatric dental offices to gain experience in practice management and practice administration. 



12. Will I be able to attend conferences and workshops?


    
    Yes.

13. Will I have an opportunity to collaborate in research initiatives and submit papers for publications?


    
    Our goal is to have residents submit articles for publication.

14. Do you offer externships?

    
    The program also offers a special opportunity to undergraduate dental students. Fourth-year dental students may request short-term externships at Lutheran Medical Center. These students may observe or actually participate in patient care thereby gaining invaluable insight into postgraduate education in a fast-paced, urban health care environment. Affiliation agreements for externships currently exist with New York University, Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, State University of New York at Buffalo, State University of New York at Stony Brook, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Tufts University, Medical College of Georgia, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, University of Puerto Rico and Virginia Commonwealth University.

General Practice FAQs

1. What are the biggest strengths of the LMC GPR program?
2. What types of patients will I treat during my residency?
3. What is the length of the program and number of positions?
4. What are the salary and benefits?
5. At what type of facilities will I study?
6. What are the curriculum components?
7. How will on-call experience work?
8. What are admission requirements for the GPR program?
9. What is the application process?
10. What kind of experience will I have?
11. Will I be involved in conducting primary research?
12. Do you offer externships?

1. What are the biggest strengths of the LMC GPR program?

   • Offers highly experienced, dedicated staff mentors of general dentists and specialists who work with residents in all phases of dentistry to produce a ‘super generalist’.
   • Residents acquire the abilities to manage patients in all aspects of dentistry in a hospital and group practice setting.
   • The Lutheran Medical Center GPR program fulfills its mission to serve the community by providing comprehensive, high-quality dental care to a diverse and needy patient population. In addition to a comprehensive didactic curriculum, residents gain extensive clinical experience. The training program is supported by an outstanding attending staff whose members serve as mentors to the residents.
   • Focus on comprehensive and continuous fast-paced urban hospital-based care.
   • Unparalleled skill development in real-world high volume level 1 trauma center in Brooklyn, NY and Long Island College Hospital (LICH).
   • Additional training in group practice settings
   • Each resident treats as many as 1500 culturally and ethnically diverse patients in all phases of dentistry
   • 3 to 1 faculty to student ratio yields close mentoring relationships
   • 30 dental operatories equipped with state of the art equipment and technologically sophisticated environment
   • Leverages most advanced distance learning and computer based didactic curriculum
   • Learning while providing quality healthcare to neediest populations
   • Externships are available for undergraduate dental students.
   • Residents are offered opportunities to participate in international outreach programs.


2. What types of patients will I treat during my residency?

   • Treat as many as 1,500 per yr –of which some are medically compromised patients including those with HIV/AIDS, Diabetes, Cardiovascular disease and other marginalizing diseases.
   • Diverse populations : male, female, pediatric, elderly, and all age ranges in-between as well as, racial, religious, ethnic and economic diversity


3. What is the length of the program and number of positions?

   • One year (12 months)
   • Optional 2nd year (12 months)
   • There are 10 PGY1 positions and 2 PGY2 positions available at LMC- Sunset Park in Brooklyn, NY
   • There are also 8 PGY1 positions available at the LMC – LICH campus in Brooklyn, NY


4. What are the salary and benefits?

   • 1st year students:
     • US and Canada dental school graduates receive $55,932 per year annual gross salary.
     • Benefits include 20 vacation days, 4 continuing education days, malpractice, medical and dental health benefits
   • 2nd year students (optional 2nd year):
     • US and Canadian dental school graduates receive $58,137 per year annual gross salary.
     • Benefits include 20 vacation days, 4 continuing education days, malpractice, medical and dental insurance and $1500 credit towards continuing education pursuits outside of the program’s curriculum.


5. At what type of facilities will I study?

   • There are 14 operatories at LMC-Sunset Park in Brooklyn, NY
   • 10 dental operatories at the LMC-LICH campus
   • Additional 5 operatories within Lutheran Family Health Center Network totaling 30 available operatories, each equipped with electronic dental records and state of art equipment.


6. What are the curriculum components?

   • Clinical curriculum is 75% of residents’ total experience.
     • In addition to providing comprehensive standard and advanced dental care, the program integrates medical applications into dentistry.
     • Residents participate in rotations in family medicine, anesthesia and LMC campus emergency room.
     • Residents at LMC-Sunset Park campus also rotate to nearby Lutheran Medical Center-affiliated community health centers, Augustana nursing home and participate in school health programs.

   • Didactic curriculum comprises 25% of experience. Didactic instruction is received through a number of venues that include but not limited to:
     • Formal lectures delivered using VTC technology incorporating core and supplemental curricula
     • Asynchronous web-based forums and lectures
     • Small group interactive sessions
     • Encompassing, but not limited to the following procedures:
       • Prosthodontics
       • Emergency Dentistry
       • Emergency Medicine
       • Endodontics
       • Geriatrics
       • Hospital Dentistry
       • Implant Dentistry
       • Infection Control
       • Pediatric Dentistry & Anesthesia
       • Prosthodontics
       • Physical Diagnosis
       • Practice Management
       • Pathology
       • Journal Club
       • Oral Medicine/Oral
       • Oral Surgery
       • Orthodontics
       • Pain and Anxiety Control
       • Research
       • Restorative Dentistry
       • Risk Management
       • Social Sciences
       • Treatment Plan & Case Presentations
       • Supplemental Specialty Electives
       • Dental Anesthesia
       • Endodontics
       • Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
       • Orthodontics
       • Pediatrics
       • Periodontics


7. How will on-call experience work?

   • LMC campus is a level 1 trauma center. The residents are not required to stay the hospital for on-call. However, they can receive calls from the emergency room and they are required to respond. 


8. What are admission requirements for the GPR program?

   • 1st year Students:
     • Need to apply to PASS application and MATCH process.
     • Graduation from an approved US, Canadian
     • Passed part 1 and part 2 of the National Dental Board Examination.
     • Eligible for a temporary license or limited permit in those states that require these documents for practice within the scope of the GPR program.
     • Satisfy immigration requirements (if not a US citizen or green card holder).
   • 2nd year:
     • Evidence of completion of a first year AEGD or GPR program.


9. What is the application process?

   • Residents need to apply to PASS and are required to have a MATCH ID number. In addition, applicants are required to have a Dent-pin number.
   • Program deadline for receipt of PASS applications is December 1st.
   • Acceptance into the GPR program is generally completed after the Match process.
   • US and Canadian dental school graduates:
     • No other supplemental materials will be required during the application process.
   • All candidates:
     • Applicants must either be US citizens, green card holders or eligible for the OPT or the TN-1 visa.


10. What kind of experience will I have?

    
    The residents will have exposure to implants, rotary endodontics, perio-surgeries, extractions of impacted teeth, crown and bridge and operatives and general extractions. 


11. Will I be involved in conducting primary research?

    
    Residents have opportunity to be involved in research and/or participation in paper publication if there is interest.


12. Do you offer externships?

    • The program also offers a special opportunity to undergraduate dental students.
    • Fourth-year dental students may request short-term externships at Lutheran Medical Center.
    • These students may observe or actually participate in patient care thereby gaining invaluable insight into postgraduate education in a fast-paced, urban health care environment.
      **Affiliation agreements for externships currently exist with:
      • New York University
      • Columbia University
      • University of Pennsylvania
      • State University of New York at Buffalo
      • State University of New York at Stony Brook
      • University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
      • Tufts University
      • Medical College of Georgia University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
      • University of Puerto Rico
      • Virginia Commonwealth University

Pediatrics FAQs

1. What are the biggest strengths of the LMC PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY program?
2. What types of patients will I treat during my residency?
3. What is the length of the program and number of positions?
4. Will I be paid for my service and receive benefits?
5. At what type of facilities will I practice and learn
6. What are the curriculum components?
7. Will I be on-call 24/7?
8. What are admission requirements for the Pediatric Dentistry program?
9. What is the application process?
10. Will I have exposure to implant dentistry?
11. Will I be involved in conducting primary research?
12. Will I be able to attend conferences and workshops?
13. Will I have an opportunity to collaborate in research initiatives and submit papers for publications?
14. Do you offer externships?

1. What are the biggest strengths of the LMC PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY program?

   • Strong didactic and clinical foundation in pediatric dentistry
   • Unparalleled emphasis on pediatric medicine, hospital dentistry, interceptive orthodontics and conscious sedation.
   • Demographically diverse patient population.
   • Large patient population.
   • Modern clinical facilities with state of the art technology and facilities
   • One month externships in different States as a PGYII if selected after application.
   • Close professional relationship with the medical staff – 3 to 1 faculty to resident ratio
   • University affiliations.
   • Extensive training in the use of pharmacological/no pharmacological modalities of 
treatments.
   • Learning while providing quality healthcare to neediest populations.
   • Training with specialists in all disciplines of dentistry, including but not limited to orthodontics, special patient, oral surgery, periodontics, endodontics and dental anesthesia.
   • EXTERNSHIPS FOR UNDERGRADUATE DENTAL STUDENTS AVAILABLE


2. What types of patients will I treat during my residency?

   • Treat as many as 1500/ yr – medically compromised pediatric patients.
   • Diverse populations : pediatric male, female patients who come from racial, religious, ethnic and economically diverse populations.


3. What is the length of the program and number of positions?



   
   This is a 24-month program beginning July 1 of each year, with a mandatory Hospital Orientation occurring during the last two weeks of the preceding June. Twenty-four new positions are offered each year among six training sites: 

Available first-year resident positions at in each region vary in number.
   • Annually, the program offers:
     • five positions at Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
     • four positions at the St. Joseph Hospital for Specialty Care, Providence, R.I.
     • three positions at Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, AK
     • four positions in Hawaii with training at WCCHC and WHCHC,
     • four positions at El Rio Community Health Center, Tucson AZ
     • four positions at Holyoke Health Center, Holyoke and Chicopee, MA. 


4. Will I be paid for my service and receive benefits?

   • 1st year students:
     • US and Canada dental school graduates receive $54,303 per year annual gross salary.
     • Benefits include 20 vacation days, 4 continuing education days, malpractice, medical and dental health benefits. Other fringe benefits include $150 for books
   • 2nd year students:
     • US and Canadian dental school graduates receive $58,137 per year annual gross salary.
     • There is an additional stipend of $2000 per year for the chief residents at each site.
     • Benefits include 20 vacation days, 4 continuing education days, malpractice, medical and dental insurance; $1000 for course registration and paid sick days (accrued 1 day per month) for a total of 12 days per year as well as credit towards continuing education pursuits outside of the program’s curriculum.


5. At what type of facilities will I practice and learn?

   • The Advanced Specialty Education Program in Pediatric Dentistry clinical training sites are located at:
     • Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York,
     • St. Joseph Hospital Pediatric Dental Center in Providence, Rhode Island,
     • Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska,
     • Waianae Coast Comprehensive Care Health Center (WCCHC), in Oahu
     • West Hawaii Community Health Center (WHCHC) in Kona on the Big Island, Hawaii,
     • El Rio Community Health Center, in Tucson, Arizona
     • Holyoke Health Center, in Holyoke and Chicopee, Massachusetts.
   • In 2003 and 2005, the Department of Dental Medicine expanded its pediatric dental training sites to include Providence, RI and Anchorage, AK respectively.
   • In 2008 the Hawaii site was added.
   • These sites have been CODA approved as clinical training sites for the LMC Pediatric Dental residency training program.
     Additionally, in 2010 sites in Arizona and Massachusetts were started and those sites will have a CODA Site Visit in the spring of 2011.
     All health center training sites have fundamental required and necessary in experiences, equipment, materials, resources and staff support to provide residents with advanced dental training.


6. What are the curriculum components?

   
   
The curriculum of this specialty program revolves around both the well child and children who are medically compromised, developmentally disabled, or victims of trauma. The curriculum emphasizes pediatric medicine and dentistry, the behavioral and pharmacological management of children, oral biology for the pediatric dentist, and general anesthesia. Graduates are well prepared to be contributing members of the health care team in a hospital environment or community setting.
   First-year residents:
   Study most of the core curriculum. In addition, the program offers course work in oral biology, genetics and craniofacial biology, including the opportunity at most sites to attend monthly craniofacial conferences.
   They are assigned multiple rotations including, pediatric medicine for the well-child care, general anesthesia, emergency medicine, phlebotomy and on-call services.
   Second-year residents:
   The focus of the curriculum is on the sick child.
   They are assigned with pediatric specialists to work in areas such as endocrinology, neurology, pulmonology, nephrology, and cardiology.
   Residents rotate through nearby community health centers and Head Start programs to extend direct patient care to underserved children in the community.
   Brooklyn-based residents rotate to New York University College of Dentistry to teach undergraduate dental students.
   Second-year residents at St. Joseph teach undergraduate dental students at Tufts University in Boston.
   • Clinical curriculum is 75% of residents’ total experience.

   • Comprehensive dental health for well child and children who are medically compromised, developmentally disabled or victims of trauma
   • Emphasis on pediatric medicine and dentistry
   • Strong guidance on treatment of behavioral and pharmacological management of children
   • Stress oral biology for the pediatric dentist and general anesthesia

   • PGY 1 
Clinical rotations to enhance the didactic curriculum include: pediatric medicine, anesthesia, emergency medicine, craniofacial, operating room, sedation and orthodontics. 

   • Clinical rotations
   • Pediatric Medicine
   • Anesthesia
   • Emergency Medicine
   • Craniofacial
   • Operating room
   • Sedation
   • Orthodontics

     PGY2, 
In the second year, the residents rotate through the medical subspecialties, including but not limited to hematology, neurology, endocrinology, cardiology and immune-compromised specialized care.
     They also have the opportunity to spend a month at one of the other training sites.
   • Focus on ‘sick’ child
   • Clinical rotations through CHCs and other underserved populations
   • Endocrinology
   • Hematology
   • Immune-compromised specialized care
   • Neurology
   • Pulmonology
   • Nephrology
   • Cardiology
   • Teach undergraduate dental students at NYU, St. Joseph’s and Tufts

   • Didactic curriculum comprises 25% of experience. – ½ day per week
Pediatric dental residents present cases and discuss treatment plans and options, via live video teleconference to residents stationed in extramural sites, including upstate New York, New York City, Arizona, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Colorado, New Mexico, Puerto Rico, Alaska, Rhode Island and Trinidad among others.
   • Core collaborative distance learning and computer based learning modules
     PGY 1 Core Course Work
During the first year, a distance learning curriculum of structured lectures and learning activities occur weekly via live video teleconference.
     There are multidisciplinary seminars with General Dental, Endodontics and Dental Anesthesia Residents, as well as specialty-focused seminars.
     Biomedical courses include: oral biology, pediatric anesthesia, physical diagnosis, behavioral management, pediatric dentistry series, orthodontics, craniofacial development and research methods and materials.
   • Oral Biology
   • Genetics
   • Craniofacial Biology
   • Attend Craniofacial conferences
   • Pediatric Anesthesia
   • Physical diagnosis
   • Behavioral management
   • Pediatric dentist series
   • Orthodontics
   • Research methods and materials
   • Emphasis on practice development and management preparation
   • Pediatric dental residents present cases and discuss treatment plans and options, via live video teleconference to residents stationed in extramural sites, including upstate New York, New York City, Arizona, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Colorado, New Mexico, Puerto Rico, Alaska, Rhode Island and Trinidad among others.

7. Will I be on-call 24/7?

   
   As part of clinical and medical rotations, these experiences may be developed for the resident at the discretion of the health center training site.
   Some health center training sites have traditional hours of operation while others may have late evening sessions and some weekend hours.
   The resident’s training schedule will be developed at the discretion of the health center training sites in collaboration with the resident and program administration.


8. What are admission requirements for the Pediatric Dentistry program?

   • D.D.S. or D.M.D. from an ADA-accredited American or Canadian dental school
   • Must be eligible for license in the States for which applying.
   • Dental and pre-professional education transcripts
   • Three letters of recommendation preferably from pediatric dentists/professors that know the applicant well.
   • All candidates must be proficient in the English language
   • PASS application, MATCH number
   • Recent 2×2 photograph
   • Personal interview


9. What is the application process?

   • The application deadline is August 2nd of the year preceding matriculation.
   • The program application MUST be submitted through PASS and all materials MUST be obtained through them.
   • Lutheran also participates in MATCH.
   • Additional correspondence may be obtained through: 
Dr. Julie Cernigliaro, Director of Pediatric Dentistry: jcernigliaro@lmcmc.com


10. Will I have exposure to implant dentistry?

    
    
Only in didactics during the core curriculum on Tuesdays

11. Will I be involved in conducting primary research?

    
    

Residents complete a clinical research project, which is presented at the AAPD Annual Session and the Lutheran Medical Center Research Fair, leading to a publishable paper. The research symposiums throughout the first and second year guide the residents through their research Residents are mandated to submit their research for publication at the end of their residency as well as present a Poster during the annual AAPD meeting and the annual LMC research fair. In addition, the residents have a teaching rotation. During the last few months of the training, the residents visit a number of private pediatric dental offices to gain experience in practice management and practice administration.

12. Will I be able to attend conferences and workshops?

    
    Anything outside of the training provided by LMC will have to be on the resident’s own time


13. Will I have an opportunity to collaborate in research initiatives and submit papers for publications?

    
    Yes.


14. Do you offer externships?

    
    The program also offers a special opportunity to undergraduate dental students. Fourth-year dental students may request short-term externships at Lutheran Medical Center. These students may observe or actually participate in patient care thereby gaining invaluable insight into postgraduate education in a fast-paced, urban health care environment. Affiliation agreements for externships currently exist with New York University, Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, State University of New York at Buffalo, State University of New York at Stony Brook, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Tufts University, Medical College of Georgia, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, University of Puerto Rico and Virginia Commonwealth University.

Periodontics FAQs

1. When will the periodontics program start?

   
   July 1, 2012