Application information
Residency requirements:Applicants must have a complete predental education and must be a graduate of an American or Canadian School of Dentistry by the time their program begins. The applicant should have demonstrated a high level of academic achievement during college and dental school and have undertaken activities during dental school which demonstrate special interest in oral and maxillofacial surgery. A minimum of three years undergraduate college with 90 credits is required; however, a bachelor’s degree is preferred. A letter of recommendation is required from the Dean of your dental school, including class rank for each year and the total number of students in the class. All applications and accompanying materials must be received by October 15 of the year preceding appointment. Interviews are on an invitation-only basis and will be held during November/December. All applications will be processed through the Postdoctoral Application Support Service (PASS) of the American Association of Dental Schools. Information and an application can be obtained by contacting: PASS All applicants are required to register with: National Matching Services The following materials should be sent directly to the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery: - Official college transcript(s) sent directly from all colleges and universities previously attended - Details of externships or research and related activities - Chronology of education and employment following high school graduation, providing dates and explaining any gaps when not in school - An application fee of $75 payable to the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine. Applications will not be processed without receipt of fee - Four letters of recommendation: one from the Dean of the dental school attended (to include class standing) and one each from a full-time oral surgery faculty member, a faculty advisor and another full-time dental school faculty member - Completed application form (PDF) - A 2" x 2" recent color photograph - Original National Dental Board Exam scores
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Externship requirements:The Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine, and its affiliated teaching hospitals are offering an externship for dental students. Its primary objective is to provide students with an opportunity to gain clinical experience to the broad scope of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery exposure practice. The University of Connecticut program is based in the School of Dental Medicine, the John Dempsey (University) Hospital in Farmington, Hartford Hospital, and The Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. The University program has four full-time and 20 part-time Board certified oral and maxillofacial surgeons as well as 13 residents, with whom the externs will work closely. Patients requiring a wide variety of types of surgery are seen among the teaching sites. These include patients receiving orthognatic, temporomandibular joint, cleft management, bone graft reconstruction, facial trauma, preprosthetic, and major dentoalveolar surgery. The externs will also be involved in outpatient dentoalveolar surgery. They will assist and learn in the operating room, emergency room, and on the hospital inpatient service. During a typical month, about 50 patients are admitted for major oral and maxillofacial surgery. The student’s time will be divided as is possible to allow maximum exposure to the greatest number and variety of surgical problems. Externships can last from two to four weeks, depending on our schedule and the student’s wishes.
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