Advancing Public Oral Health
The Tufts University School of Dental Medicine (TUSDM) Dental Public Health Residency is an innovative 2-year program that offers advanced training in the art and science of dental public health as well as in the practice of clinical dentistry in community health settings. With rotations in private clinics, public schools, and hospital locations, residents can immediately put their academic lessons to use in real-world settings.
Program Goals and Objectives
- To provide residents in-depth knowledge of the principles of Dental Public Health
- To equip residents with competencies and skills to analyze complex public health problems and provide solutions at the community level
- To prepare residents for leadership positions in academia, community health, government, or public health agencies
- To develop the residents’ research skills, to introduce them to the principles of scientific writing and to guide them in scientific presentations and publications
- To engage in community service through a variety of opportunities
This two-year, full-time (24 months), tuition-based program includes:
- Didactic, research, field/community service and clinical experience in both years of the program;
- Advanced instruction in oral epidemiology and dental public health focusing on topics that enhance clinical, research and field trainings in dynamic and collaborative settings;
- Didactic training in research methods and mentored opportunities to conduct research that is aligned with dental public health principles within one or more of the ten dental public health competencies;
- Award of Certificate in Dental Public Health upon completion of the program requirements; and
- Eligibility to take the ABDPH board examination in the last term of year 2 and eligibility to certify to become Diplomates of the ABDPH.
Associated clinics: Tufts Special Care Dental Clinics; Lemuel Shattuck Hospital; Josiah Quincy Elementary School
- Clinical experience in comprehensive primary oral health care, managing dental emergencies, and collaborating with interprofessional teams that care for underserved communities including those with special health care needs.
- Residents will be able to develop the skills, competencies and experiences that build confidence to work and to lead dental public health safety net clinics.
- Residents will complete clinical rotations at Tufts Special Care Dental Clinics and at the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, a community-based hospital.
- Residents will complete supervised field experiences to practice the application of dental public health principles through planning public health programs; assessing current needs; addressing gaps in care, workforce or in access; and designing innovative solutions to address and manage a specific community health problem through community health projects.
- Residents will complete rotations at the school-based dental clinic at the Josiah Quincy Elementary School.
Do You Have What It Takes?
Students who meet the following criteria are encouraged to apply:
- Dentists with DMD/DDS or foreign equivalent dental degrees such as BDS; and
- Completed graduate level training in an accredited university in the United States or Canada in general public health such as Masters in Public Health (MPH) or Master of Science (MS) with a concentration in a topic related to general public health.
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