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Curriculum | Schedule
Facilities and Resources
Qualifications
Tuition, Stipend and Fees
Professional Liability
Facilities and Resources
The facilities of the School of Dentistry are housed in the Wood Memorial, Lyons, and Perkinson Buildings and contain clinical facilities, research facilities, classrooms, student laboratories, departmental offices and a computer learning laboratory. The laboratories and classrooms contain closed circuit television receivers. The Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences is located across the street from the School of Dentistry. This is the largest health science library in Virginia..
The Orthodontic Clinic is a state-of-the art facility located in the Lyons Building within the School of Dentistry. The program strives for a private practice setting using up-to-date techniques and equipment. Currently, patient recordkeeping, scheduling, and accounting are completely digital. There is a separate digital radiology facility operated by the department located adjacent to the clinic area.
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Qualifications
In order to be eligible for admission to the School of Dentistry residency programs, an individual must attain a Virginia temporary resident’s license from the Virginia Board of Dentistry. Eligibility for the Virginia temporary resident’s license from the Virginia Board of Dentistry is dependent on, among other items, graduation from a dental school accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association and passing scores on Parts I and II of the National Board Dental Examinations.
Additional requirements for admission to the orthodontic program include:
- Graduation or anticipated graduation from dental school.
- Completion of National Boards Part I and anticipated completion of Part II.
- Submitted application click here for printable application form [PDF].
- Agreement to participate in the Postdoctoral Dental Match Program.
- TOEFL (required for students whose native language is not English).
We participate in the Postdoctoral Dental Match Program. Classes begin July 1. The deadline for application is Sept. 15, 2009, for the class entering in 2010. Interviews are by invitation only. Interviews are held for selected applicants in late October (October 29 and 30, 2009). A committee consisting of faculty, alumni and student members will review your application. There are four positions available and the admissions process is highly competitive.
Applications submitted are considered without regard to race, gender, religion or national origin. Minorities are encouraged to apply.
All advanced dental education students are required to pass a pre-matriculation drug screen test.
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Tuition, Stipend and Fees
The orthodontic program does not charge tuition. Residents receive a stipend of $4,000 per year. The department will pay a fee for application to the graduate school for admission into the Master of Science in Dentistry program for students accepted into the certificate program.
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Professional Liability
The Commonwealth of Virginia Self insurance program provides professional liability (malpractice) coverage, subject to policy limits, for advanced dental education students. Coverage includes professional service on duty within the institution and professional service on assigned duties in one of the VCU Medical Center-affiliated hospitals or programs. It does not cover any other professional service, e.g., moonlighting activities at other facilities or institutions.
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