Specializing in Pediatric Dentistry
Working with children is more than a job. It’s a calling. At Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, our pediatric residents are challenged to achieve academically and excel clinically and become the kind of practitioners that families can trust. With the training and experience you receive here, you’ll develop the skills and confidence to provide young patients with the very best care possible. Join our program if you are ready to make a lasting difference in the lives of young patients and families.
Program Goals and Objectives
Our Advanced two-year Certificate of Achievement Program in Pediatric Dentistry prepares dentists to provide exceptional care to children in accordance with the guidelines established by the American Dental Association and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. We foster the empathy and compassion needed to provide exceptional care to children.
Through rigorous education in the biomedical and clinical sciences, students gain the knowledge, skills, and experience to provide exceptional oral health care for infants, children, and adolescents, including those with special health care needs.
The didactic experiences include course work in the basic and clinical sciences, seminar and laboratory sessions, an independent, written research project presented to the faculty, and preparing for the written examination of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry. The clinical sciences include exposure to community services, operating room services, anesthesia, adolescent dentistry, pediatrics, special health care needs patients, conscious sedation, hospital dentistry, and presenting clinical cases that meet the standards of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry.
Take a moment to explore some of the course offerings you can expect if you join our program:
Academic Courses
- Head and Neck Anatomy
- Dental Radiology
- Principles and Methods of Epidemiology
- Biostatistics
- Research Methodology
- Clinicopathologic Conferences in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
- Applied Nutrition in Dentistry
- Human Growth and Development
- Oral Microbiology
- Immunology
- Dental Pharmacology
- Oral Medicine
Department Courses
- Craniofacial Growth and Development
- Early Treatment Orthodontic Lecture Series
- Special Health Care Needs
- Sedation Seminar Series
- Clinical Pediatric Dentistry and Practice Management
- Pediatric Dentistry: Theory and Practice 1 and 2
- Pediatric Dentistry Workshop
- Pediatric Dentistry Case Presentations 1 and 2
- Craniofacial Anomalies
- Advocacy in Pediatric Dentistry
Associated Clinic: Pediatric Dentistry Clinic
A Master of Science Program is offered for an additional year and includes some of the courses offered in the Certificate Program.
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