General Practice Residency

The Ohio State University College of Dentistry's application deadline is October 1.

All applications for the General Dentistry Residency program must be submitted through the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) PASS program (Postdoctoral Application Support Service). ADEA PASS simplifies the application process by allowing you to complete one standardized application, rather than individual applications to each program. There is a fee for this service.

Application Fee -> Pay the $80 application fee online. 

Complete the ADEA PASS application at adea.org/PASSapp/ or contact:

Postdoctoral Application Support Services (PASS)
1625 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20036-2212
Phone: (202) 667-1887
Fax: (202) 667-4983

All residency applicants are also required to register with the National Matching Service. The Match is used by applicants and programs to determine the final placement of applicants into positions after the application and evaluation process is completed. More information on the Match.

or contact:

National Matching Services, Inc.
595 Bay Street
Suite 301, Box 29
Toronto, Ontario  Canada M5G 2C2

After the Match: ALL accepted new residents will need to provide immunization information as follows by having blood drawn at a lab and titers done:

• Hepatitis B Surface antibody titers
• MMR titers (measles, mumps, rubella)
• Varicella Zoster (Chicken Pox) titers
• PPD (TB skin test) – or medical verification of negative status with chest x-ray results if PPD is positive

You must also pass a drug test during orientation and complete various other hospital-mandated testing requirements prior to orientation.

Prospective International Applicants (this does NOT apply to Canadian dental school graduates):

We are NOT able to accept internationally trained dentists or non-US citizens for salaried first-year positions due to funding requirement imposed by various federal, state and hospital programs. Unfortunately, we are also NOT able to accept internationally trained dentists for salaried first-year positions who have completed some postdoctoral training in the US but have NOT obtained a US or Canadian DDS or DMD degree.

Direct all application correspondence to:

Chris Lee, DMD
Interim Associate Director, General Practice Residency
The Ohio State University College of Dentistry
305 West 12th Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210

Phone: 614-292-2622
Email: lee.9360@osu.edu

Year One Curriculum

1. Special Needs Dentistry 
2. Interdisciplinary action with the medicine team in Wexner Medical Center 
3. Management of medically compromised patients 
4. Restorative Dentistry 
5. Removable/Fixed Prosthodontic 
6. Implant Dentistry 
   1. Implant treatment planning using intra-oral scanner/CBCT 
   2. Implant supported crown or FPD/implant supported prosthesis (overdenture) 
7. Endodontics with updated rotary file system 
   1. Wave One Gold  
   2. Vortex Blue files 
8. Oral surgery (simple/surgical extraction/alveolarplasty) 
9. Orthodontic 
   1. Invisalign certification under the ortho faculty 
10. Intra-oral Scanner - Trios 3Shape Scanner 
    1. Didactic 
    2. Hands-on experience 
11. Nitrous oxide/Oral sedation/Moderate IV Sedation 
    1. Didactic support 
    2. Hands-on experience 
12. Pre-op assessment for dentistry under GA/moderate IV sedation 
13. Journal Club, Case Presentation & Treatment Planning, Morbidity & Mortality conference. 
14. Clinical pharmacology in dentistry 
15. Hospital Dentistry 
16. Internal Medicine/Pediatric Dentistry/VA Medical Center/Operating Room Rotation 
17. BLS/ACLS Training 

Year Two Curriculum

Residents are eligible to enroll in a second year of the program (a chief residency) before they enter practice or take additional residency training. Up to two chief residents are selected from an applicant pool that includes residents who have completed the first year of our program. Two months (20%) of their time are spent in elective courses.

As a second-year general practice resident, you will design your own program of special interest from the following:

• Anesthesia
• Implant Dentistry (Placement and Restoration)
• Pediatric Dentistry
• Pre-doctoral Teaching

We are proud to announce that the OSU GPR Program was awarded $35,000 from the Delta Dental Foundation (DDF). The funding is designated for the enhanced dental implant curriculum in the PGY-2 General Practice Residency Program.

Implant Curriculum for PGY-2

PGY-2 residents enrolled in multiple implant courses, including:

• D8303: Introduction to Periodontal Anatomy
• D8310: Introduction to Dental Implantology
• D8437: Interdisciplinary Implant Course

Additionally, residents will gain hands-on experience in implant placement and restoration cases in the GPR clinic.

Salary

Please refer to the Program Benefits page on the College of Medicine website.

Vacation/sick leave

Fifteen days when it does not conflict with rotations and assignments or other responsibilities.

Continuing education

All local courses sponsored by The Ohio State University College of Dentistry have a minimal charge to the residents on a space available basis.

Health insurance

Health insurance is available at the same cost and same coverage as faculty receive at The Ohio State University College of Dentistry. The resident pays this cost themselves. For more information, please visit hr.osu.edu/benefits/rates.

Uniforms

All residents receive lab coats. Laundry services for lab coats is available to all hospital residents through the hospital laundry and uniform service.

Parking

All residents have regular faculty parking privileges. View faculty parking rates.

Licensure

Resident Licenses are available from the Ohio State Dental Board for practice only within the context of the training program. Graduation from an accredited dental school in North America (or internationally as certified by the degree granting institution) is the only requirement. The prospective resident must be able to provide this certification no later than May of the year they are to begin the program. The Ohio State Dental Board offers reciprocity to obtain full licensure to anyone passing the central regional dental testing service, the northeast regional board of dental examiners, the commission on dental competency assessments, the southern regional dental testing agency, the council of interstate testing agencies, or the western regional examining board.

The general practice residency in dentistry is an educational program designed to provide clinical, didactic and hospital experience at the postdoctoral level.  The instruction and experience provided in a general practice residency program prepare residents to meet the oral health needs of a wide range of ambulatory and non-ambulatory patients.  Specifically, this general practice residency program prepares resident to:

1. Act as a primary care provider for individuals and groups of patients.  This includes providing emergency and multidisciplinary comprehensive oral health care; providing patient focused care that is coordinated by the general practitioner; directing health promotion and disease prevention activities, and using advanced dental treatment modalities.
2. Plan and provide multidisciplinary oral health care for a wide variety of patients including patients with special needs.
3. Manage the delivery of oral health care by applying concepts of patient and practice management and quality improvement that are responsive to a dynamic health care environment.
4. Function effectively within the hospital and other health care environments.
5. Function effectively within interdisciplinary health care teams.
6. Apply scientifically evaluated principles to learning and oral health care.  This includes using critical thinking, evidence or outcomes based clinical decision making and technology-based information retrieval systems.
7. Utilize the values of professional ethics, lifelong learning, patient centered care, adaptability, and acceptance of cultural diversity in professional practice.
8. Understand the oral health needs of communities and engage in community service.

Enrollment: max. 2 externs

How to apply: please reach out 

Dr. Chris Lee, Associate Program Director
Lee.9360@osu.edu 

Dr. Wenzel, Program Director
Wenzel.81@osu.edu

Length of the program: 12 months or monthly

Requirement: 
1.    Applicant must be a U.S citizen, lawful permanent resident, or have or be eligible for a U.S VISA.
2.    Obtained DDS degree from CODA or non-CODA dental school or pre-dental students
3.    Personal statement/Letter of the intent
4.    Updated CV
5.    IBT TOEFL: 86 or above for non-U.S. Citizen
6.    Two letters of recommendation

Mission: The externship/observation program provides further didactic training to prepare or become an excellent general practice dentist.

Curriculum: 
1.    Journal Club
2.    Cases presentation & Treatment Planning
3.    Morbidity & Mortality conference
4.    Clinical pharmacology in dentistry
5.    Didactic supports in IV Conscious Sedation & Anesthesia Rotation. 
6.    Review in history and physical examination (H&P)
7.    Pre-op assessment dental procedure under IV conscious sedation
8.    Pre-op assessment dental procedure under general anesthesia
9.    Variety of lectures in a full scope of dentistry
11.    Exposure to hospital dentistry
12.    Implant treatment planning (CBCT & Scanned file)

Tuition: $200 per month or $2000 for one year program

Application Fee -> Click here to pay the $80 application fee online.