The General Practice Residency Program is a 12 month program with start date of July 1^st of every year and finish date on June 30^th. Candidates who successfully complete the program are awarded a Certificate of Completion at the end of the program. The second year is optional for candidates who may want to continue but is not mandatory for completion of the program.

The first year of the Residency Program incorporates direct patient care in the dental clinic along with lectures, didactic and clinical assignments. There are three four week rotations in the Department of Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine and Family Medicine. All the departments and the clinic are on campus and within walking distance. Didactic instruction and clinical experience is provided but not limited to general dentistry, endodontics, periodontics, removal and fixed prosthetics, oral surgery, practice management and ethics. There is a separate rotation in hospital dentistry where the residents learn to treat various special needs and pediatric patients under general anesthesia with emphasis on comprehensive dental treatment of these patients in the operating room. The first year also includes separate rotation in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery where residents experience various aspects of clinical oral surgery and sedation. The residents are expected to take call under supervision of the attending Oral Surgeon. This along with rotations in the departments of Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology provides residents valuable experience not only in evaluation and management of wide variety of medically compromised patients but also valuable experience in interacting with their medical colleagues from different specialties which is essential for management and referral process in treating medically compromised patients in a dental practice. As part of the Residency Curriculum in the first year, the Residents are expected to learn how to do critical review of relevant scientific literature and QI projects. Residents are also provided instruction in hospital organization, functioning and credentialing process.

The second year is optional and is an ongoing expansion of the clinical and didactic platform established in the first year. The goal of the second year is to improve and expand upon the basic clinical skills acquired in the first year and improve speed and efficiency while managing more complex patients with more emphasis on comprehensive care. There is advanced didactic instruction and clinical experience in pain and anxiety control with rotations to Anesthesiology, Oral Surgery, Pediatrics and Cardiology with optional rotations to Obstetrics and Gynecology and Plastic Surgery.  Research is encouraged in second year. The expectation is that the resident should be able to learn basic research skills and hopefully have a publication by graduation of second year. There are also optional rotations to the Operating Room for management of pediatric and special care patients. The residents are encouraged to teach the first-year residents to improve on their teaching skills. The second-year residents also attend the Grand Rounds, Journal Club and Patient care conferences with the first-year residents.

Residents in PGY I and PGY II are paid full stipend based on the current allowances for that year ( typically between $55,000 and $57,000 ). There is no tuition for candidates who have graduated from dental schools in the US and Canada. However there is a tuition of $30,000 for both first and second year International Dental Graduates. The program does not sponsor any visas or work permits for International Dental Graduates. To be eligible to apply International Dental Graduates must have a valid work permit to work in the United States and must satisfy other requirements including successful completion of the NDB I and II and or INDBE and TOEFEL score of 85 or higher.

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