University of Louisville
- Kentucky
- Pediatric Dentistry
- louisville.edu
Program Contact
501 South Preston Street, Room 357, Louisville, Kentucky, 40202
The Pediatric Dental Residency Program at the University of Louisville offers residents a diversified educational experience aimed at clinical problem solving with emphasis on multidisciplinary and intraprofessional patient management. The program offers clinical and didactic training, including clinical experiences with oral sedation, a wide range of medically compromised, developmentally disabled, and neurodiverse patients. Residents complete rotations in Anesthesiology, the Emergency Department, and Sedation Clinic at Norton Children's Hospital as well as rotations with the Hematology/Oncology Division and the Kentucky Craniofacial Clinic. Our residents cover the dental emergency call for Norton Children's Hospital Emergency Department 24/7, providing them with exceptional clinical experience in managing trauma and infection. Didactic courses are given at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry and a research project with a faculty mentor is required. Graduates are well prepared to enter practice or academics and to seek Board Certification with the ABPD.
The University of Louisville residency program has an extensive rotation schedule in a 15-operatory clinic with a close working relationship with all of the pediatric medical specialites, located in a building next door to our clinic. This has increased the number of medically compromised, developmentally disabled, and neurodiverse patients accessing care in our clinic.
Upon completion of the program, both a certificate in Pediatric Dentistry and an MSD are awarded.
Program Information
| Program Type | Pediatric Dentistry |
|---|---|
| Program Code | PED376 |
| Degrees Offered | Certificate, Masters |
| Program Size | 4 |
| Program Length | 24 months |
| Application Deadline | September 1 |
| Program Start Date | July 1 |
| Supplemental Application | No |
| Supplemental Fee | No |
| Stipend Offered | Yes |
| Match Participating | Yes |
| Program Website | louisville.edu |
Application Requirements
Required Standardized Tests
- INBDE
- Passing the INBDE before matriculation into the advanced dental education program
- Candidates who have completed NBDE Parts 1 and 2 (in lieu of INBDE) are also invited to apply.
Transcript Evaluation and Instructions
Submit via PASS
Letters of Evaluation Instructions
Submit via PASS
Other Requirement Instructions
New residents should have the following by July 1 of the admission year:
- Kentucky Dental License (Limited License is satisfactory)
- ADA Membership
- AAPD Membership
- Textbooks:
- McDonald, Avery, Dean; Dentistry for Children & Adolescents
- Profit; Contemporary Orthodontics
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training (to be obtained within the 1st month of matriculation)
- University vaccination requirements
International Student Eligibility
This program will consider applicants who graduated, or plan to graduate, from a non-CODA accredited dental school: Yes
Applicants are eligible to enroll if they are:
- US Citizen
- US Permanent Resident
- Canadian Citizen
- Canadian Permanent Resident
- Non-US Citizen/Resident (program offers sponsorship)
- Proof of transcript equivalency may be required.
Interview Schedule
To be determined
Additional Information
- ADAT is not required, but will be considered if taken.
- Proof of identification and citizenship required at interview.
- Stipend for our 3 domestic positions: $40,000 per year.
- There is no stipend for our one international position.
- No tuition is charged.
- A Program Fee of $7,000 per year is assessed by ULSD for every graduate student.