Cincinnati Children's Hospital

Residency Program in Pediatric Dentistry
Cincinnati Children's
3333 Burnet Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45229–3039
Phone: (513) 636-4644
Fax: (513) 636-8283
E-mail: sharon.bowling@cchmc.org
Web Address: http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/Services/Departments-Divisions/Pediatric_Dentistry_and_Orthodontics/default.htm

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Fellowship

Program Length and Number of Positions

This is a 24-month program beginning July 1 of each year. Five new positions are offered each year.

Program Type

Hospital-based certificate program

Application

The application deadline is September 15 of the year preceding matriculation. Correspondence regarding application and admissions procedures should be addressed to:

Dr. Erwin Turner, Director, Residency Program, Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229–3039.

Description

Cincinnati Children's Hospital is a busy, tertiary care teaching hospital that emphasizes quality patient care, education and research. It services the tri-state region of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.

The pediatric dental residency program was first accredited in 1966 by the ADA Council on Dental Education. The program delivers 38,000 clinic visits, 1,400 operating room cases and after-hours emergency care each year. The patient base includes well and special patients.

The educational philosophy is centered on case-based learning and is designed to train clinicians for private practice. Residents independently care for their own patients in a group practice environment that encourages teamwork. The clinical program is supported by a well-rounded didactic curriculum.

The first year focuses on the concept of comprehensive clinical care for the well child and includes extensive experience with traditional behavior management, sedation and care in the operating room. First-year residents provide after-hours emergency care including oral facial trauma, laceration management and facial infections, and spend two weeks with Pediatric Medicine and Emergency Medicine

The second year is designed to increase responsibility and challenge. Each resident serves a rotation as chief resident in charge of all patient care provided in the operating room and in-house consults, spends five weeks delivering general anesthesia for the Department of Anesthesia, and provides clinical dental care emphasizing the medically, mentally and physically challenged patient. There is also a private practice rotation during the second year exposing the resident to practice management issues, as well as managing a multichair practice.

Specialty clinics in orthodontics, cleft lip and palate, esthetic dentistry, endodontics, periodontics and oral surgery are staffed by specialists in each discipline.

Curriculum

The clinical program is supported by a comprehensive didactic foundation. Seminars, lectures and case reviews are used to deliver information on behavior managerment, sedation, pharmacology, general anesthesia, dental care in the OR, treating special patients, orthodontic diagnosis, growth and development, oral pathology, endodontics, periodontics, esthetic dentistry, materials, trauma management, syndromes, speech pathology, practice management, developmental psychology, physical diagnosis, research design and biostatistics, literature review, prevention, infant dental care, cariology and cleft lip and palate care.

A research paper that involves data collection, analysis and interpretation is also required.

Program Stipend and Tuition

First-year stipend is $45,600. Second-year is $46,625. Fringe benefits include medical insurance, malpractice insurance, four weeks of paid vacation, annual textbook allowance, and travel allowance to the AAPD Annual Session for second-year residents.

Facilities

• Cincinnati Children's Hospital

Admission Requirements

Applicants must fulfill the following requirements to be considered for admission:

• PASS application
• Recent photograph
• $25 application fee
• Personal interview

Program Strengths

• Respected tradition of dental care in an excellent children's hospital
• Medically diverse patient base affording extensive clinical experience
• Modern patient care facilities and well trained staff
• Close working relationship with all hospital/medical services

Program Faculty

Hosptial-based Faculty
Stephen Wilson, D.M.D., M.A., Ph.D., Professor/Director, Division of Dentistry*
Erwin Turner, DMD, Residency Program Director/Professor*
Murray Dock, D.D.S., M.S.D., Associate Professor*
Richard Campbell, D.D.S., M.S., Orthodontic Director/Assistant Professor*
William Fye, D.D.S., Director of Satellite Operations/Assistant Professor*
Marie Callen, D.M.D., Assistant Professor*
William Greenhill, D.M.D., Residency Program Assistant Director/Assitant Professor*
Ann Marie Matusak, D.D.S., Pediatric Dentist*
Anthony Kamp, D.M.D., Associate Professor*

Staff Dentists
David Sullivan, DDS, Pediatric Dentist *
Craig Mueller, DDS, Pediatric Dentist

Consultants
Gordon P. Huntress, D.D.S., Prosthodontics
Ann W. Kummer, Ph.D., Speech Pathology
John S. McDonald, D.D.S., M.S., Oral Pathology*
Howard Saal, M.D., Director, Craniofacial Team
Jennifer A. Creedon, Ph.D., Psychology
Frederick L. Steinbeck, D.D.S., M.D., Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery*
Heather Morris, D.M.D., Endodontics
Alan R. Weinstein, D.D.S., Restorative Dentistry/Materials
Tiffany Harris, DMD, MS, Periodontics
Ryan Harris, DMD, MS, Periodontics
Robert Hopkin, M.D., Genetics
Zenia Samaan, M.D., Pediatrics
*Board certified

School Profile

Program Type:	Hospital-based
Program Director:	Full-Time Board Certified
Program Faculty:	4 Full-Time 7 Part-Time 9 Board Certified
Program Length:	24 Total Months July 1 Start Date
Program Accreditation:	Approved
State Licensure:	Restricted License Available
No. of entering positions:	5
Salary/Stipend:	$45,600 First Year $46,625 Second Year
Application:	$25 Fee September 15 Deadline
Participant in National Matching Service:	Yes
Participant in PASS:	Yes
Only US citizens from ADA accredited dental schools considered:	Yes
US citizens from foreign dental schools considered:	No
Non-US citizens from ADA accredited dental schools considered:	No
Non-US citizens from foreign dental schools considered:	No
Acceptance/Applicant Ratio:	1:29
Clinic Experience:	Orthodontics Conscious Sedation Hospital Rotations Anesthesia Emergency Call Operating Room Oral Surgery Infant Oral Health Medically Compromised Mentally Disabled Craniofacial Disorders Physically Disabled
Didactic Experience:	Seminars Literature Review Case Conferences
Research Requirement:	Data Collection Project
Teaching Experience:	AEGD Supervision  Lecture/Presentations
Facilities:	14 Chair/Operatories 3 Clinic Receptionist 10 Dental Assistants 4 Dental Hygienists

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