Last updated on April 1, 2025.

University of Rochester Eastman Institute for Oral Health

Program Size
5
Program Length
12 months
Application Deadline
January 1
Program Start
June 17
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Program Contact

Sangeeta Gajendra, DDS, MPH, MS DDS, MPH, MS Program Director

625 Elmwood Ave, Box 683, Rochester, New York, 14620

Sangeeta_Gajendra@urmc.rochester.edu 585-275-5007
Carletta Carter Program Coordinator
Carletta_Carter@urmc.rochester.edu
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DPH PROGRAM DESCRIPTION FOR ADEA PASS

Accreditation Status:

A - Approval With Reporting Requirements

Number of Faculty Members:

3 full-time, 2 part-time

Accept students not trained in a US or Canadian dental school?

Yes

State License Required:

No

Degrees/Certificates Offered:

Dental Public  Health Residency Certificate; Community Dentistry Preceptorship Certificate

Prerequisites:

TOEFL, WES evaluation, Dental Degree, MPH degree, three letters of recommendation, Class Rank and GPA

Program Fee per year:

$22,500 tuition

$1,800 admin/tech fee

$100 health professions fee

$1,000 program fee

Application Fee:

$195

Instruments & Equipment:

N/A

Salary and/or Stipend:

Graduate Medical Education funding for tuition/stipend for U.S. and Canadian trained dentists

First Year Enrollment:

3 FT and 2 PT

Ratio of Acceptances to Applicants:

1:5

Specific Training and Duration of each in hours:

Field projects and trips (as needed)

Hours spent in Clinical patient treatment:

7.5 
   

Number of Research Projects Completed per Residency:

2 

Percent of Time spent in courses/lectures/seminars:

15%

Percent of Time spent in research and field projects:

60%

Percent of Time spent in Outreach Program:

20%

Percent of Time spent in teaching:

5%

Associated Hospitals:

N/A

On-Call Arrangements:

None

Research Requirements:

All residents are required to complete 2 research projects. The projects are selected in collaboration with the Dental Public Health Residency faculty and is tailored to meet the particular interests and experiences of each resident.

 

A full-time one-year (or part-time two-year) residency in dental public health is offered to dentists at the Eastman Institute for Oral Health, University of Rochester who hold an MPH from an accredited program (check for accreditation at www.ceph.org). International dental graduates are eligible to apply. The dental public health residency is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA); however, the completion of this program does not qualify trainees to become licensed to practice clinically in the state of New York. The program is designed to fulfill the residency requirements of the American Board of Dental Public Health and the core competencies for dental public health professionals. The goal of the New York State Dental Public Health Residency Program is to provide training and practical experience to dentists in a community-based public health program in order to improve the oral health of people in New York State.

The program will:

  • provide broad based exposure to dental public health and develop skills to conduct population-based research. The program will provide the Dental Public Health Resident with twelve to twenty-four months of supervised experience to improve the knowledge and skills in the practice of dental public health.
  • offer direct experiences in the core content areas of dental public health administration, research methods, oral health promotion and disease prevention, and oral health services delivery systems.
  • expose the resident to other areas of importance in the field of dental public health such as the use of computer applications in public health, cultural and behavioral factors in health and disease, clinical preventive dentistry, public health law, and other public health practice issues.
  • help understand the development and maintenance of community dental programs and increase the use of preventive dentistry programs.

 

 

Program Information

Accreditation This program is accredited by CODA
Program Type Dental Public Health
Program Code DPH1001
Degrees Offered Certificate
Program Size 5
Program Length 12 months
Application Deadline January 1
Program Start Date June 17
Supplemental Application No
Supplemental Fee Yes
Stipend Offered No
Match Participating No
Program Website urmc.rochester.edu

Application Requirements

Required Standardized Tests

  • TOEFL

Supplemental Requirements

  • Requires supplemental fee

Transcript Evaluation and Instructions

Official WES ICAP evaluation for transcripts issued by institutions outside the U.S. and Canada.  

ECE NOT ACCEPTED.

TOEFL Requirement Instructions

Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), with a score of 85 or higher is required of all candidates who graduated from dental schools outside the US and Canada.

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)
  • Master's in Public Health Degree within the US

Additional Information

Non-refundable $195 Application Fee:

https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/dentistry/education/apply/application-fee.aspx

Applications received without payment of this fee are not considered for admission.