Graduate Degrees
residents in the delivery of comprehensive, multidisciplinary oral health care to healthy and medically compromised patients, including pediatric, adult and geriatric patients in private practice, hospital and community care settings. The AEGD program is accredited by the ADA Commission on Dental Accreditation.
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Advanced Education in General Dentistry Certificate YEAR ONE REQUIRED COURSES (24 UNITS)
UNITS
ADNT 702 Physical Diagnosis 2 AEGD 701abc Advanced Comprehensive Oral Health Care 2-3-3 AEGD 761abc Advanced Comprehensive Oral Health Care Delivery I 1-1-2 AEGD 762ab Hospital Oral Surgery and Anesthesia 1-1 AMED 750abc Physical Evaluation and Anesthesia 2-2-1 DPHR 701 Advanced Pharmacology 1 REST 710ab Implant Dentistry 1-1
YEAR TWO REQUIRED COURSES (12 UNITS)
UNITS
ADNT 710 Internship: Dental Education 3 AEGD 702abc Review of Dental Literature 1-1-1 AEGD 764abc Advanced Comprehensive Oral Health Care Delivery II 2-2-2
Graduate Degrees Craniofacial Biology Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC DEN 218 (213) 740-1001 (323) 442-1728 FAX: (213) 740-2376 Email: paine@usc.edu Director: Michael L. Paine, BDS, Ph.D. Faculty
Professors: Yang Chai, DDS, Ph.D.; Winston Chee, DDS; Casey Chen, DDS, Ph.D.; George Cho, DDS; Cheng-Ming Chuong, M.D., Ph.D. (Medicine); Glenn Clark, DDS, Ph.D.; Paul Denny, Ph.D.; Tina Jaskoll, Ph.D.; Michael Melnick, DDS, Ph.D.; Cedric Minkin, Ph.D.; Mahvash Navazesh, DMD; Hessam Nowzari, DDS, Ph.D.; Janet Moradian-Oldak, Ph.D.; Michael Paine, BDS, Ph.D.; Pragna Patel, Ph.D.; Michael Schneir, Ph.D.; Harold C. Slavkin, DDS; Jorgen Slots, DDS, Ph.D.; Malcolm Snead, DDS, Ph.D.; David Warburton, M.D. (Medicine); Margarita Zeichner-David, Ph.D. Associate Professors: Steven Goodman, Ph.D.; Robert Keim, DDS, Ph.D.; Anh Le, DDS, Ph.D.; Sandra Rich, RDH, Ph.D.; Glenn Sameshima, DDS, Ph.D.; Songtao Shi, DDS, Ph.D.; Arnold Tiber, DDS, Ph.D.; Stephen Yen, DMD, Ph.D.; Homayoun Zadeh, DDS, Ph.D.
Assistant Professors: Ruchi Bajpai, M.S., Ph.D.; Roger De Filippo, M.D. (Medicine); Reyes Enciso, Ph.D.; Matt Lee, M.D.; Ching-Ling Lien, Ph.D.; Amy Merrill-Brugger, Ph.D.; Laura Perin, Ph.D.; Saravanan Ram, DDS; Parish P. Sedghizadeh, M.S., DDS; Wei Shi, M.D., Ph.D. (Medicine); Mark Urata, M.D., DDS; Yan Zhou, Ph.D.
Admission Requirements
Craniofacial biology is concerned with the 足evolution, growth, structure and function of oral tissues and the oral region; and with the etiology and pathogenesis of numerous diseases and malformations. These involve studies at various levels of biological organization, from the molecular and subcellular to the organismic. Craniofacial biology comprises a large, rapidly increasing body of k 足 nowledge that has both clinical and academic importance.
Applications
The objective of the program is primarily, but not exclusively, to prepare health science graduates for entry into careers in academic environments as clinical scholars or as members of multidisciplinary teams of health professionals in academic centers of clinical and basic health science research.
The graduate program in craniofacial biology offers academic graduate training to individuals with a Doctor of Dental Surgery, Medical Doctor or equivalent degree. Applicants with Bachelor of Science degrees in areas such as biology and chemistry are also encouraged to apply. Formal application to the USC Office of Graduate Admission and the graduate program in craniofacial biology is required for Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy objectives. All postsecondary transcripts are required and must be forwarded to the Office of Graduate Admission for application to either Master of Science or Doctor of Philosophy objectives. An undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better, and a combined verbal and quantitative score of 1100 or better on the Graduate Record Examinations general test are required. Three letters of recommendation describing academic abilities and personal attributes must be submitted on behalf of the applicant. Personal interviews may be required.