School of Dental Medicine—Professional Doctor of Dental Medicine Program

The School of Dental Medicine has been an integral part of the University of Pittsburgh's growth for nearly a century. Established in 1896 as an independent institution named the Pittsburgh Dental College, the school was incorporated into the University in 1905.

A member of the American Dental Education Association (ADEA), the School of Dental Medicine is fully approved and accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association (ADA).

The mission and goals of the School of Dental Medicine are consistent with the mission and goals of the University of Pittsburgh:

1. To offer superior educational opportunities in the First-Professional, Residency Training, and Dental Hygiene Programs that will respond to the needs of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and to the broader needs of society.
2. To provide high quality dental services to the people of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and society at large both within the School of Dental Medicine as well as within the affiliated hospitals of the medical center.
3. To engage in research and scholarly activities that will advance knowledge and extend the frontiers of oral health.
4. To offer continuing education programs reflecting recent developments and advances in dentistry adapted to personal, professional, and career objectives of the practitioner at the regional, national, and international levels.
5. To engage in public service activities by making available the expertise of the educational programs and clinical services of the School of Dental Medicine to the alumni, local community, public agencies, and the community at large.
6. To provide the leadership and cooperation in the development of innovative academic programs to meet the changing and dynamic educational needs of the region, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and beyond.

The School of Dental Medicine offers the Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) degree. The requirements for the DMD program are detailed below. For information on graduate programs offered by the school, see the School of Dental Medicine listing under Graduate Programs.

Contact Information

Kenneth Etzel

Associate Dean and Director, Student Services and Admissions

2114 Salk Hall

3501 Terrace Street

412-648-8437

E-mail: mangold@pitt.edu

www.dental.pitt.edu

Admissions Requirements

Financial Assistance

Academic Standards: Professional/Ethical Conduct Statement For Students

Students will be evaluated on all aspects of professional behavior and ethical conduct. The evaluation will encompass criteria such as the student's interactions with faculty, supervisors, staff, patients, and peers, as well as how the student completes all clinical and didactic assignments within scheduled deadlines and in keeping with both the quality and standards established by the School of Dental Medicine faculty and the University of Pittsburgh faculty. Additionally, student compliance with all established policies and procedures will be evaluated when considering student promotion and board eligibility. Established policies and procedures are published in the Guidelines for Dental Students. The Guidelines for Dental Students document is available online at www.dental.pitt.edu.

Grading

Course instructors will state clearly their policy regarding grades and evaluation at the beginning of the course. A written document will be distributed to all students at the first class meeting. All required courses are graded according to the University's letter grade system for first-professional courses (see www.pitt.edu/HOME/PP/policies/09/09-01-01.html). Student advising begins with the faculty course director. It is the student's responsibility to seek advice from the faculty in any course in which the student has a grade lower than a C+.

DMD Program Requirements

The Doctor of Dental Medicine program at the University of Pittsburgh's School of Dental Medicine requires four years to complete. The program requires a minimum of 240 credits plus successful completion of dental professional requirements. For a complete list of the required courses, please refer to the listing of course offerings below. Upon successful completion of the course requirements, the student is eligible to take the Northeast Regional Board Examinations and apply for state licensure. Please note that course offerings are subject to change.

DMD Curriculum

Following is a listing of all DMD courses and a typical curriculum for each of the four years of the program:

First Year—Fall Term
ANAHS	5111	General Histology	3.0
ANAHS	5130	Oral Histology	3.0
BHVSCI	5110	Professionalism in Dentistry	2.0
CDENT	5111	Data Interpretation	1.0
DENT	5111	Simulation Clinic Responsibilities 1	1.0
DSBIOC	5110	Dental Biochemistry	5.0
RESTD	5111	Dental Anatomy/Morphology	2.0
RESTD	5115	Dental Anatomy/Morphology Lab	1.0
RESTD	5113	Dental Materials 1	1.0
RESTD	5114	Inroduction to Computing	1.0
RESTD	5117	Dental Materials 1 Lab	1.0
First Year—Spring Term
ANAHS	5140	Systemic Gross Anatomy	4.0
ANAHS	5160	Head and Neck Anatomy	4.0
DENT	5152	Simulation Clinic Responsibilities 2	1.0
DSPHL	5141	Human Physiology	5.0
PERIO	5141	Periodontology 1	1.0
PROSTH	5141	Occlusion 1	1.0
PROSTH	5145	Occlusion 1 Lab	1.5
ESTD	5143	Amalgam Restorations	1.0
RESTD	5147	Amalgam Restorations Lab	2.0
First Year—Summer Term
ANAHS	5170	Neuroanatomy	2.0
DENT	5177	Preclinical Problem-based Learning	2.0
DENT	5183	Simulation Clinic Responsibilities 3	1.0
DSMIC	5170	Nutrition	1.0
DSMIC	5171	Microbiology	5.0
DSMIC	5175	Microbiology Lab	0.0
OMP	5170	Pathology	4.0
RESTD	5172	Direct Composite Restorations	2.0
RESTD	5176	Direct Composite Restorations Lab	1.0
Second Year—Fall Term
DENT	5211	Introduction to Oral Diagnosis	1.0
DENT	5217	Preclinical Problem Based Learning	2.0
DENT	5214	Simulation Clinic Responsibilities 4	1.5
DSANE	5211	Anesthesia 1	2.0
DSPHL	5214	Pharmacology and Therapeutics	5.0
OMP	5211	General and Systemic Pathology 2	2.0
ORTHO	5221	Orthodontics 2	1.0
PEDENT	5211	Pediatric Dentistry 1	1.0
PROSTH	5211	Fixed Partial Dentures 1	1.0
PROSTH	5215	Fixed Partial Dentures Lab	2.5
PROSTH	5212	Removable Partial Dentures	1.0
PROSTH	5216	Removable Partial Dentures Lab	2.0
RESTD	5211	Radiology 1	1.5
Second Year—Spring Term
DENT	5242	Introduction to Treatment Planning	1.0
DENT	5245	Simulation Clinic Responsibilities 5	1.0
DENT	5257	Preclinical Problem Based Learning	2.0
OMP	5240	Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology	4.0
ORSUR	5241	Oral Surgery 1	1.0
ORTHO	5242	Orthodontics 3 (Diagnosis)	1.0
ORTHO	5245	Orthodontics 3 Lab	1.5
PEDENT	5253	Pediatric Dentistry 3	1.0
PERIO	5242	Periodontology 3	1.0
PROSTH	5241	Complete Dentures 1	1.0
PROSTH	5245	Complete Dentures 1 Lab	1.5
PROSTH	5251	Fixed Partial Dentures 2	1.5
PROSTH	5256	Fixed Partial Dentures 2 Lab	2.0
RESTD	5240	Endodontics	1.0
RESTD	5243	Introduction to Computing 2	1.0
RESTD	5245	Endodontics Lab	1.5
Second Year—Summer Term
CDENT	5280	Cardiology & Management of Caries	2.0
CDENT	5281	SCOPE 1	3.0
DENT	5276	Simulation Clinic Responsibilities 6	1.0
DSANE	5272	Anesthesia 2	1.0
ORSUR	5282	Oral Surgery 2	1.0
ORTHO	5274	Orthodontics 4 (Treatment)	1.0
ORTHO	5275	Orthodontics 4 Lab	1.0
PEDENT	5279	Clinical Pediatric Dentistry	3.0
PEDENT	5284	Pediatric Dentistry 4	1.0
PERIO	5279	Clinical Periodontics 1	3.0
PROSTH	5273	Fixed Partial Dentures 3	1.5
PROSTH	5276	Fixed Partial Dentures 3 Lab	1.5
PROSTH	5282	Complete Dentures 2	1.0
Third Year—Fall Term
DENT	5311	Clinical Responsibilities 1	3.0
DENT	5320	Current Concepts 1	3.0
DENT	5321	Oral Diagnosis and Treatment Planning 1	3.0
DSANE	5311	Clinical Medicine 1	1.0
DSANE	5313	Anesthesia 3	1.0
OMP	5329	Urgent Care Rotation	1.0
ORSUR	5313	Oral Surgery 3	1.0
ORSUR	5329	OMFS Rotation	2.0
PEDENT	5315	Pediatric Dentistry 5	1.0
PERIO	5313	Periodontology 4	1.0
PERIO	5319	Clinical Periodontics 2	2.0
PROSTH	5312	Removable Partial Dentures 2	1.0
RESTD	5312	Endodontics 2	1.0
RESTD	5319	Clinical Restorative Dentistry	3.0
RESTD		Clinical Radiology 1	3.0
Third Year—Spring Term
BHVSCI	5341	Intro to Behavioral Medicine	1.0
DENT	5340	Current Topics in Oral Health Research	1.0
DENT	5342	Clinical Responsibilities 2	3.0
DENT	5352	Oral Diagnosis and Treatment Planning 2	3.0
DSANE	5342	Clinical Medicine 2	1.0
OMP	5369	Urgent Care Rotation	3.0
ORSUR	5341	Physical Diagnosis and Evaluation	1.0
ORSUR	5344	Oral Surgery 4	1.0
ORSUR	5349	Clinical Oral Surgery	3.0
ORSUR	5369	OMFS Rotation	2.0
ORTHO	5349	Clinical Orthodontics	3.0
PERIO	5349	Clinical Periodontics 3	3.0
PROSTH	5341	Implantology	1.0
PROSTH	5342	Fixed Partial Dentures 3	1.0
PROSTH	5349	Clinical Removable Prosthodontics	3.0
PROSTH	5353	Complete Dentures 3	1.0
PROSTH	5349	Clinical Fixed Prosthodontics	3.0
RESTD	5342	Practice Administration	2.0
RESTD	5348	Clinical Endodontics	2.5
RESTD	5349	Clinical Restorative Dentistry	3.0
RESTD	5359	Clinical Radiology	3.0
Third Year—Summer Term
CDENT	5381	Introduction to Dental Public Health 1 (S—1)	1.0
CDENT	5392	Introduction to Dental Public Health 2 (S—2)	1.0
DENT	5373	Clinical Responsibilities 3	3.0
DENT	5383	Oral Diagnosis and Treatment Planning 3	3.0
OMP	5399	Urgent Care Rotation 3	3.0
ORSUR	5389	OMFS Rotation 3	2.0
PEDENT	5349	Clinical Pediatric Dentistry	3.0
PERIO	5379	Clinical Periodontology 4	3.0
PROSTH	5343	Occlusion 3 (TMD Management)	1.0
PROSTH	5371	Implantology 2	1.0
RESTD	5371	Practice Management	1.0
RESTD	5372	Simulated Patient Treatment	3.0
RESTD	5373	Oral Radiology	2.0
RESTD	5374	Rotary Instrumentation	2.0
RESTD	5379	Clinical Restorative Dentistry 3	3.0
RESTD	5389	Clinical Radiology 3	3.0
RESTD	5399	Endodontics Rotation 3	3.0
Fourth Year—Fall Term
DENT	5412	Senior Case Representation	3.0
DENT	5414	Clinical Responsibilities 4	3.0
DENT	5424	Oral Diagnosis and Treatment Planning 4	3.0
DSPHL	5421	Drug Interactions	1.0
OMP	5429	Advanced Emergency Care Rotation	1.0
PERIO	5415	Periodontology 6	1.0
PERIO	5419	Clinical Periodontics 5	2.0
PROSTH	5412	Dental Materials 2	1.0
PROSTH	5419	Clinical Removable Prosthodontics	3.0
PROSTH	5429	Clinical Fixed Prosthodontics	3.0
RESTD	5419	Clinical Restorative Dentistry	3.0
Fourth Year—Spring Term
DENT	5420	Current Concepts 2	3.0
DENT	5445	Clinical Responsibilities 5	3.0
DENT	5455	Oral Diagnosis and Treatment Planning 5	3.0
ORSUR	5449	Clinical Oral Surgery	3.0
PEDENT	5449	Clinical Pediatric Dentistry	3.0
PERIO	5449	Clinical Periodontics 6	3.0
PROSTH	5441	Geriatrics	1.0
PROSTH	5449	Clinical Removable Prosthodontics	3.0
PROSTH	5459	Clinical Fixed Prosthodontics	3.0
RESTD	5442	Rotary Instrumentation	1.0
RESTD	5446	Advanced Urgent Care Rotation	1.0
RESTD	5448	Clinical Endodontics	3.0
RESTD	5449	Clinical Restorative Dentistry	3.0

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