Length of Program: 2 quarters

Number of Positions: 2 quarterly

Program Director: Dr. Insoon Chang

Program is currently not accepting applications for 2024-25 academic year.

* Applicants applying for three or more quarters should apply for the Endodontics Advanced Clinical Training Program.

The Endodontics Preceptorship program provides the most current training in endodontics to foreign- and domestic-trained dentists, focusing on knowledge, techniques, and skills of clinical endodontics. The program consists of didactic training including literature reviews and treatment planning conferences, laboratory technique exercises, and clinical training with direct patient contact under faculty supervision.

Curriculum

Didactic Training: Participants will be exposed to several layers of didactic training in endodontics including seminars on selected topics of importance, guest lectures, and the annual distinguished lecture series. Seminars on various topics include issues with root resorption, endodontic surgeries, retreatments, periradicular pathology, pulpal inflammation, implants, patient management, etc. Participants are also engaged in a weekly review of endodontic literature that covers all aspects of non-surgical and surgical endodontics. Additionally, treatment planning conferences are offered on a weekly basis to discuss clinical cases of interest.

Technical Training: Participants will be assigned a space in the clinic to perform simulation cases on extracted teeth under faculty supervision. The clinic facility is equipped with surgical microscopes, X-ray machines, electric motors, vertical obturation systems, ultrasonic instruments, etc. Participants will perform root canal therapy on extracted teeth mounted on a typodont. Each case will be guided and evaluated by faculty.

Clinical Training: Clinical cases will be performed in the endodontic clinic fully equipped for contemporary endodontic techniques as described above. Participants will be introduced to the latest technology in endodontics by utilizing the full spectrum of rotary root canal instrumentation, new canal irrigation systems, vertical obturation technique, and the operating microscope. Each case will be evaluated by the attending faculty and may be discussed in the treatment planning conferences. Clinical training requires enrollment in the Endodontics ACTP, starting in the summer quarter.

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A certificate of attendance is awarded upon successful completion of the program. This certificate is not the same as the postgraduate program certificate awarded to full-time international postgraduates in specialty training as a qualification for recognition by the Commission on Dental Accreditation.

Selection Process & Factors

The admissions committee considers the following criteria in its decisions:

  • Academic achievement

  • Clinical experience and aptitude

  • Professionalism and maturity

Accepted candidates are notified by email. Decisions will be available two weeks after the application deadline. A letter of acceptance signed by the Program Director and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs will be issued upon acceptance.

Program Fees

Fees: $6,450 per quarter (subject to change)

Certificate Fee: One-time payment of $200

Refund Policy:

Payment

100% for each quarter

100% refund

10 weeks before start of quarter

50% refund

5 weeks before start of quarter

None

less than 5 weeks before start of quarter

Contact Us

Postgraduate Programs Officer
Phone: (310) 825-7478 
postdds@dentistry.ucla.edu