University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

The Department of Comprehensive Dentistry offers an accredited one-year Advanced Education in General Dentistry Program (AEGD). The department is committed to providing excellent advanced education in general dentistry to individuals who plan to seek careers in general dentistry. 

Intensive clinical and didactic training in comprehensive care of the dental patient with complex medical issues, critical thinking, and treatment planning are the top priorities of our program. In addition, the AEGD program provides advanced training in the dental specialties in an effort to expand the treatment repertoire practiced by our program’s graduates. Program participants will also work and consult on a regular basis with orthodontists, periodontists, endodontists, and prosthodontists. Comprehensive dental care is provided in the Advanced General Dentistry Clinic (AGDC).

Didactic instruction is an important component of our program. Three hundred and fifty hours are devoted annually to lectures, seminars, continuing education courses and other presentations that cover a wide range of advanced dental topics. The majority of this didactic instruction is concentrated during the months of July and August at the inception of the program with additional didactic instruction throughout the year.

An optional second year of our AEGD program is also available for interested 1st year AEGD participants. During the second-year, more time will be spent in the AGDC providing comprehensive care to a wide variety of patients and more complex cases. 

Additonal information is available at our website: http://www.uthscsa.edu/academics/dental/programs/aegd-advanced-dentistry.  We look forward to receiving your application.

Internationally trained dentist will only be considered if any of the following apply:

1- Completed their dental degree from a CODA approved school

2- Completed an IDEP program

3- Completed a US dental residency 

No exceptions will be made.