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CAGS in Periodontology

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For contact information, please visit the School of Dental Medicine’s Department of Periodontology website.

The 36 months of the CAGS-only program are devoted to pursuit of a clinical certificate in Periodontology through 3 years of uninterrupted clinical experiences and didactic courses.

The first year starts with didactic instruction that provides in-depth training in all areas of minimal, moderate, and deep sedation, as well as clinical training to level of competency in adult minimal, enteral, and moderate parenteral sedation. The first year will also include clinical periodontology and related coursework. The second year continues with moderate IV sedation training, implant support crown restoration, clinical medical sciences, periodontal microsurgery, treatment planning, implantology, oral medicine, and oral implantology. The third year is devoted to the clinical practice of this discipline with advanced surgical training and additional didactic instruction. Students are involved in teaching and are exposed to research.

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

  • Better understand the statistical methodology used in the current literature.
  • Assess the correctness of statistical analysis in the current literature.
  • Gain better knowledge when reading the classical literature.
  • Incorporate the correct statistical method when involved in a research project.

Curriculum

Year 1

  • SDM OB 766 Oral Immunology & Microbiology
  • SDM OB 830 Research Writing
  • SDM OP 806 Digital Dentistry in Prosthodontics and Restorative Science
  • SDM OS 831 Head and Neck Anatomy
  • SDM PE 800 Histology & Embryology of the Periodontium
  • SDM PE 817 Seminar: Grand Rounds
  • SDM PE 823 Periodontal Therapy I
  • SDM PE 840 Periodontology Case Conference
  • SDM PE 845 Pain Control and Sedation
  • SDM PE 850 Clinical IV Sedation
  • SDM PE 911 Clinical Periodontology
  • SDM PE 991 Research: Periodontology
  • SDM PH 763 Bioethics and Law
  • SDM PH 803 Biostatistics

Year 2

  • SDM OB 763 Basic Processes in Oral Biology
  • SDM OS 761 Medical Concerns of the Dental Patient
  • SDM OS 828 Anxiety and Pain Control
  • SDM PA 801 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
  • SDM PE 801 Histology & Embryology of the Periodontium
  • SDM PE 803 Periodontology III: Selected Topics in Periodontology
  • SDM PE 807 Periodontology Case Presentation/Treatment Planning
  • SDM PE 815 Periodontal Literature Review I
  • SDM PE 818 Seminar: Grand Rounds
  • SDM PE 827 Applied Dental Pharmacology
  • SDM PE 828 Periodontal Literature Review III: Periodontology Current Literature Review
  • SDM PE 830 Clinical Applications of Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology
  • SDM PE 841 Periodontology Case Conference
  • SDM PE 851 Clinical IV Sedation
  • SDM PE 855 Advanced Surgical Topics in Periodontology
  • SDM PE 865 Integrating Digital Dentistry in Treatment Planning and Complex Restorations
  • SDM PE 912 Clinical Periodontology
  • SDM PE 992 Research Periodontology
  • SDM PR 844 Implantology Literature Review
  • SDM PR 845 Implantology Literature Topics
  • SDM PR 846 Implantology Case Presentation
  • SDM PR 849 Introduction to Dental Implant Restoration

Year 3

  • SDM PE 802 Histology & Embryology of the Periodontium
  • SDM PE 804 Periodontology III: Selected Topics in Periodontology
  • SDM PE 808 Periodontology Case Presentation/Treatment Planning
  • SDM PE 816 Periodontal Literature Review
  • SDM PE 819 Seminar: Grand Rounds
  • SDM PE 829 Periodontal Literature Review III: Periodontology Current Literature Review
  • SDM PE 842 Periodontology Case Conference
  • SDM PE 852 Clinical IV Sedation
  • SDM PE 856 Advanced Surgical Topics in Periodontology
  • SDM PE 913 Clinical Periodontology
  • SDM PE 946 Practice Management
  • SDM PE 993 Research Periodontology
  • SDM PR 761 Occlusion
  • SDM PR 847 Implantology Case Presentation

Completion is not tracked by unit accumulation but by successful completion of individual courses and duration requirements.

Combined CAGS Programs

Several program offerings are available to students who wish to combine a CAGS in Periodontology with a research project. Research may be completed at the master’s or doctoral level in the areas of Periodontology or Oral Biology. The certificate and degree are awarded upon completion of both clinical and research requirements. Combined program options:

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