Columbia University College of Dental Medicine (Residency)
- New York
- Advanced Education in General Dentistry
- dental.columbia.edu
Program Contact
Admissions & Student Affairs Office
630 West 168 Street, PH-7W 318 H, New York, New York, 10032
The Advanced Education in General Dentistry Program is a one-year hospital-based stipend program for US or Canadian trained dentists whose purpose is to develop and enhance the didactic knowledge, clinical skills, and related professional interests of the recently graduated dental student while stressing the general dental care of complex medically compromised and developmentally disabled hospitalized patients.
The AEGD program provides residents with training and experience in comprehensive multidisciplinary oral health care at a level of skill and complexity beyond that accomplished in predoctoral training. This training focuses on different types of patients, including patients with special needs. The program emphasizes resident training in clinical examination, diagnosis, treatment planning, and provision of sequenced comprehensive care that addresses the patient's needs, desires, and limitations. Patients with very complex medical histories, multifaceted infectious diseases, developmental disabilities, geriatric medical complications, and those patients who cannot be examined, diagnosed, or treatment planned in a clinical outpatient environment are directly referred to the AEGD program.
Given the close relationship with the NYPH, the Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), the College of Dental Medicine, the program is in the position of having a large and diverse patient pool as a source of patients for the residents. With the Advanced Education in General Dentistry clinic being an integral part of the dental school, residents are referred patients from the school’s triage area where they have been previously screened and assessed by faculty to require dental treatment at a level beyond that of the predoctoral student.
Residents engage in episodic care only when their assigned patient seeks treatment on an irregular basis or will not keep regularly scheduled appointments for comprehensive dental care. They provide emergency dental care as the need arises, as any practitioner would in a large group practice, but they are not routinely scheduled to do so. With all the postdoctoral specialty programs present in the dental school, residents have the opportunity to work closely with their faculty and postdoctoral students in a number of disciplines.
Program Information
| Accreditation | This program is accredited by CODA |
|---|---|
| Program Type | Advanced Education in General Dentistry |
| Program Code | AEGD120 |
| Degrees Offered | Certificate |
| Program Size | 7 |
| Program Length | 12 months |
| Application Deadline | September 1 |
| Program Start Date | July 1 |
| Supplemental Application | No |
| Supplemental Fee | Yes, In addition to your PASS application, submission of a supplemental application fee of $125.00 must be submitted by credit card at the time you submit your PASS application. Application fees are non-refundable, which also includes duplicate payments. No other method of payment will be accepted. |
| Stipend Offered | Yes, To obtain current stipend amounts for AEGD residents, applicants should contact the Residency Coordinator Administrator at rh2021@cumc.columbia.edu. |
| Match Participating | Yes |
| Program Website | dental.columbia.edu |
Application Requirements
Required Standardized Tests
- INBDE
- NBDE1
- NBDE2
- Passing the INBDE before matriculation into the advanced dental education program
Supplemental Requirements
- Requires supplemental fee
Transcript Evaluation and Instructions
Applicants must submit unofficial transcripts directly to ADEA-PASS. Documents will not be accepted if sent directly to the admissions office.
Letters of Evaluation Instructions
Applicants are required to submit a minimum of four (4) recommendation letters. One (1) of the four letters must be an Institutional Evaluation letter from the dean or director from the applicant's dental school and three (3) of the letters must be professional evaluation letters from dental faculty. for applicants that have been out of dental school more than five years can request letters from past faculty members, dental professionals or work supervisors.
PASS allows up to five (5) recommendation letters: one (1) Institutional Evaluation letter and four (4) professional evaluation letters from dental faculty. All letters must be uploaded into the PASS application. Additional letters beyond the allowable amount in PASS will not be accepted if sent directly to the Admissions Office.
If you have a special circumstance regarding acceptable letters of recommendation, please send inquiries to cdm-pgadmissions@cumc.columbia.edu.
TOEFL Requirement Instructions
N/A
Other Requirement Instructions
The supplemental application fee offsets administrative processing expenses incurred during the review and management of applicant files.
Follow the link to submit your payment: Supplemental Application Fee
International Student Eligibility
This program will consider applicants who graduated, or plan to graduate, from a non-CODA accredited dental school: No
Applicants are eligible to enroll if they are:
- US Citizen
- US Permanent Resident
- Canadian Citizen
- Canadian Permanent Resident
Interview Schedule
In-person interviews will be scheduled during the month of September and October.
Additional Information
Applicants wishing to submit updated CVs or personal statements must contact the PASS helpdesk for assistance prior to the application deadline. These documents are not to be sent to the admissions office and will not be reviewed.