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Application Deadline

July 1

The Mission/Role of the Advanced Dental Education (ADE) Program in Endodontics is to optimize the well-being and oral health of people through excellence in our program of education, research and service. This mission is consistent with the mission of the School of Dentistry and impacts the people of our state and region. National and international communities are affected by program graduates who teach, perform research, and practice endodontics.

Program Goals Include:

  • To assure that residents who are completing the Advanced Dental Education Program in Endodontics are clinically competent.
  • To graduate individuals whose knowledge is evidence based.
  • To produce graduates who can critically evaluate and apply evidence based knowledge and who are capable of generating and disseminating new knowledge in basic and clinical sciences pertaining to endodontics.
  • To graduate compassionate individuals with a strong sense of professionalism and social sensitivity.

Available Residency Programs

Our Advanced Dental Education Program in Endodontics offers the residents a broad-based clinical and didactic experience that prepares them for the study and practice of endodontics in an academic or practice setting. There are two different tracks:

  1. Endodontics Certificate Track - 24 months: This program provides didactic and clinical training designed to prepare the resident for the professional practice of clinical endodontics and to meet the eligibility requirements of the American Board of Endodontics certification examination.
  2. Endodontics Certificate + Master of Science degree - 27 months, up to 2 candidates will be accepted: The Master’s degree program includes all of the requirements of the certificate and meets other requirements to receive a Master's degree from the Graduate School.

We strive to create a collaborative working environment and look for residents who are seeking the highest levels of excellence in clinical and didactic learning environments.

Residency - Clinical Experience

Our endodontic clinic serves the needs of a large and diverse population. As residents progress through their clinical training they have the opportunity to treat and interact with a vast number of patients who present with a wide range of endodontic problems. These problems often require complex diagnoses, treatment plans, referrals and various consultations.

Residents will provide treatment in a clinic that is equipped with the latest technology which includes microscopes, digital radiography units and a Cone Beam CT (CBCT) which allows the clinician to view three dimensional images of potentially challenging diagnostic and treatment conditions. The clinic also provides the residents with a private seminar room. Each resident’s treatment room has a fully equipped operatory and workstation which allows them to explore a variety of endodontic and surgical techniques.

Didactic Education

A major portion of the didactic education occurs during the first year of the program. The courses consist of interdepartmental and intradepartmental didactics. The Endodontics Seminar courses focus on extensive reading and analysis of current and historical literature in endodontics as well as clinical case presentations.

Research Experience

Research is an important part of professionalism. A resident should be able to communicate verbally and in writing regarding discoveries made in daily clinical practice. Residents become familiar with elements of case reports and research findings as communicated through the dental literature. Research funding is available from a department endowed support fund provided by former residents and friends. Other funding is available from the American Association of Endodontists Foundation. More extensive research is needed for the Master’s program.

Resident research projects begin with identifying an important health problem, related to Endodontics, and conducting a comprehensive literature review. This ensures that the project has not been done and acquaints the resident with all germane data. The department has a form for such proposals. Completion of this form basically gives the resident the material needed to write the Introduction and Material & Methods sections of his or her paper. The UAB Lister Hill Medical Library is a valuable resource in this respect.

Before beginning a project appropriate approvals from the human studies oversight committee or animal study committee must be obtained. Approval is required even for extracted tooth projects.

The resident research project must be compiled in a format suitable for publication to an appropriate journal. Such format should become second nature from the large volume of classic and contemporary literature that forms the base for learning at the graduate level.

Courses

Course offerings subject to change


 

Residents

 

  • Year 2
    Swati Gupta, MD, BDS

    Swati Gupta

    MD, BDS
    University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD (Advanced Endodontics Program for Internationally Trained Dentists which is a one-year CE Course)
    Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, U.P., India (BDS

    Scott Kane, MS, DMD

    Scott Kane

    MS, DMD
    University of Alabama at Birmingham (DMD)
    Barry University, Miami Shores, FL (MS in Biomedical Sciences)
    University of Alabama at Birmingham (EMT-Basic)
    University of Alabama at Birmingham (BS in Biology, Chemistry Minor)

    Viet Vo, MS, DMD

    Viet Vo

    MS, DMD
    University of Alabama at Birmingham (DMD)
    Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, VA (pre-requisites for dental school)
    Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA (MS in Engineering Management)
    Nuclear Power Training and Officer's Training School, Charleston, SC (Qualified Nuclear Engineer)
    US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD (BS in Information Technology)

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