Dentistry

This one-year program is based at Morristown Memorial Hospital.

• Established in 1974.
• Four residency positions.
• Accredited by the American Dental Association.
• Attending staff of 55, with half representing all dental specialties.
• 8,000 patient visits a year with 16,000 procedures performed, including all specialties.

Offerings

• Treat 40 to 50 patients a week, including children, the medically compromised and the developmentally disabled.
• Develop complex diagnostic treatment planning and clinical skills.
• Focus on comprehensive care, continuity of care and cosmetic dentistry.
• Provide restorative and oral surgical care in the OR and handle trauma.
• Participate in one- and two-week rotations to medicine and anesthesiology, respectively.
• Be on-call every fourth week.
• Practice four-handed dentistry, with one assistant per resident.
• Participate in our Orofacial Pain Center.
• Learn rotary endodontics and implantology — each resident places and restores a minimum of two implants.
• New, bright and airy 3,000-square-foot operatory facility includes laboratory, sterilization areas, conference room and x-ray area.
• Digital Radiography system
• Dentrix software
• DSurgical Microscope