Tufts University

    The Tufts University General Practice Residency Program (GPR) was founded in 1976.  It is conducted with the cooperation and participation of its sponsoring institution, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine (TUSDM), its major affiliated insitution, Tufts Medical Center and Tufts Dental Facilities (TDF). There are presently four resident positions in the PGY 1 training program and one resident position in the PGY 2 Fellowship program. 

    The rotations provide the residents with diverse clinical and educational experiences.  At the TDF clinics in communities surrounding Boston, residents receive training in the diagnosis and treatment of oral disease, with an emphasis on prevention and restoration, for patients with multiple disabilities and limitations. The clinical rotation at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine emphasizes crown and bridge, restorations and treatment of the general population with complex dental needs. At Tufts Medical Center, residents receive training in emergency care. The residency program also has an anesthesia rotation at the Franciscan Children's Hospital and an emergency medicine rotation at Tufts Medical Center. Residents receive additional training in hospital dentistry while assisting Tufts staff in operating room (OR) cases at three major area hospitals. The GPR enjoys participation in the largest OR dental rehabilitation program for special needs patients in the country, with an average of one hundred cases managed per resident. Specialty clinical and seminar rotations provide the residents advanced training in history and physical diagnosis, conscious and IV sedation, periodontal surgery, endodontic therapy, oral surgery, temporomandibular disorders, and implantology.

    An extensive academic program is conducted throughout the year. The program includes continuing education courses given at both the university and other institutions, weekly patient care conferences with guest lectures, and seminars on current issues in dentistry and medicine. Emphasis is placed on ideal, alternative, and actual treatment planning via case presentations for both dental and medical management for all patient populations. Research projects are completed by each resident for presentation at the annual TUSDM Bates-Andrews Research Day. 

When uploading undergraduate transcripts please upload only official transcripts.  If you submit unofficial transcripts or student grade reports you will be asked to send the official transcript by mail or in PDF format to the school.  When transcripts are uploaded with the PASS application they are considered unofficial and we require the information from the official transcript that can be lacking in the unofficial forms. Should you be accepted to the program the hardcopy official transcripts will need to be sent to the school. 

Applicants to the General Practice Residency program must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or citizens of Canada and must have graduated from a U.S. or Canadian dental institution.