The Pediatric Dentistry Residency Program at the Children’s National Hospital offers a three-day externship. Externs will have the opportunity to join the didactic seminars, meet the attendings and pediatric dental residents, shadow at the pediatric dental clinic and the operating room. The externship is only available to current dentists and dental students from CODA accredited programs within the United States. Please email Dr. Mudrika Chhabra (mchhabra@childrensnational.org) and Ms. Shante' Nichelle Johnson (snjohnson@childrensnational.org) for more information.

Children's Wisconsin (CW) Pediatric Dental Residency Program offers a well-rounded externship experience for interested applicants. Time spent at CW may include experiences shadowing in the dental clinic including our special needs population, operating room, minimal and moderate sedation cases, craniofacial team, orthodontic procedures, lectures, and on-call services with the current CW residents. The externship is limited to rising fourth-year dental students or practicing dentists seriously interested in applying for pediatric dental residency at CW. Minimum dental school GPA is 3.4 for externship candidates (students at pass/fail dental schools are welcome to submit a CV for consideration). 

If you are ready to request an externship, please submit a CV that notes a current GPA, or final dental school GPA for graduated dentists not currently in advanced training to Alice Rascon at ARascon@childrenswi.org on or after January 1. Once qualifications are confirmed and an externship is offered, applicants may request an externship date from the list of dates still available. About twenty externship experiences (three-day or five-day experiences) are offered from March-June, August and September. They are reserved by qualified candidates on a first-come first-served basis.

The pediatric dentistry residency program at Hennepin County Medical Center is offering a limited number of in-person externship experiences for the 2024-2025 application cycle. Please email our residency program coordinator Anne Barnes (Anne.Barnes@hcmed.org) to apply.

The Advanced Pediatric Dentistry Residency Program at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC offers a one-week externship. You will have the opportunity to shadow our pediatric dental residents at the pediatric dental clinic at USC and at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. The internship is only available to current dental students from schools within the United States. Please email Dr. Catherine Pham (cathph@ostrow.usc.edu) for more information. 

The Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the Indiana University School of Dentistry offers an externship for dental students hosted from March 1st through September 1st. We offer externships only on Monday or Wednesday. To apply for the externship, complete the online application. We’ll let you know if you’ve been accepted within five business days of the date your application is received.

JHMC has opted to host our vitural Open House on one day in October. Guests will be invited to participate virtually from the applicant pool. Ms. Geraldine Kmitis is our new program coordinator and her email is gkmitis@jhmc.org.  She is our new point of contact for the program for information and student questions about applications, etc.

Thank you for your interest in the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital (NCH) Pediatric Dentistry residency program. We invite potential applicants to watch this video here which provides an overview of the department of dentistry and the residency program’s curriculum. A video with a virtual tour of the Hospital is available here and the dental department is featured starting at 17:45. Finally, a video of what Miami has to offer during your 2 years as a resident is available here.

Below are the instructions to participate in our externship. Should you have any additional questions, you may contact our residency program coordinator, Ms. Kelly Reardon.

Pediatric Dentistry Residency Program

Externship Application Steps

The externship is only for observation; you will not be having direct contact with the patient. You can only do a maximum of 3 days.

1. Email Ms. Reardon, the Residency Program Coordinator with several tentative dates in which you would like to do the externship, Kelly.Reardon@nicklaushealth.org.
2. Complete the attached application and supplemental documentation and submit to Ms. Kelly Reardon. Confirm that all the documentation required has been submitted, as well as the application.
3. Once confirmed that all the documentation required has been submitted, Ms. Reardon will send you an email confirming the scheduled dates for the Externship.

Prepare for your Externship

1. Upon arrival to the dental clinic (3601 NW 107th Ave, Doral, FL 33178), ask for Ms. Reardon (Residency Coordinator).
2. On the day of the externship wear scrubs and your ID provided upon arrival. Please arrive by 8:00AM.

Contact Information

Kelly Reardon Residency Coordinator Pediatric Dentistry Program 3601 NW 107th Ave, 3rd floor Doral, FL 33178 P: 305-418-7771 F: 305-418-7777 Kelly.Reardon@nicklaushealth.org

For more information about our Pediatric Dentistry Residency Program, please visit our website at www.nicklauschildrens.org.

Supplemental Documentation

Dental Observership Application

Department of Medical Education Screening Attestation

Certification of Compliance

Observer Orientation

Observership Agreement and Release

 

Please join us for our PG Program Virtual Open House, where applicants have the opportunity to meet the PG program directors, hear from current PG students, and learn more about the application process. Our Open House for our Endodontics, Orthodontics, and Pediatric Dentistry programs will be on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT. Register via this form: https://slate.to/j4H5Si6j.

Please contact us via email at dental.pgadmissions@nyu.edu with any additional questions.

Oregon Health and Science University is pleased to offer a one-day externship experience on Mondays between the months of September through May. Please visit our website for additional information regarding the requirements and application process.

Oregon Health and Science University is pleased to hold a virtual open house to learn more about our program on Tuesday 6/3/25 from 5-6 PM PST.  Our current Chief Resident and Program Director will provide a presentation followed by a Q&A.  Please register via this link by 5/23/25: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/84cb141355b24970af10bd530b17090d.

If you have any questions you may reach out to our residency coordinator, Jose Guiterrez at gutierjo@ohsu.edu. 

The pediatric dentistry residency program at Primary Children’s Hospital offers 1 or 2-day in-person externships for third- and fourth-year dental students interested in our program who will be active in the upcoming application cycle.

If you are not able to participate in an in-person externship, we will also be hosting a virtual open house on June 10 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm (Mountain Time).

For more information on scheduling an in-person externship, or to register for the virtual externship, please email the Program Director, Dr. Hans C. Reinemer at Hans.reinemer@imail.org.

The University of Iowa Department of Pediatric Dentistry will host a virtual open house on Monday, June 30, 2025, at 7:00pm CST.   An overview of the residency program will be presented followed by perspectives from current resident representatives and time for questions and answers.

In-person externship opportunities ranging from one to five days are also available to interested 3rd and 4th year dental students.

Email Jeanna Holmes at Jeanna-holmes@uiowa.edu to register for the virtual open house or to request an in-person visit.

The University of Louisville Pediatric Dentistry Program offers externships on a rolling basis. Interested candidates should e-mail their CV to our administrative assistant Shea Burns (rheshea.burns@louisville.edu), and she will send the externship paperwork.

The pediatric dentistry residency program at the University of Pennsylvania/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia offers 1, 2, and 3 day in-person externships for third- and fourth-year dental students interested in our program. For more information on our externship program and how to apply, please read this form: UPenn/CHOP Externship Application

If you are not able to participate in an in-person externship, we offer virtual open house question and answer sessions with the residents and a program faculty member. Dates of sessions will be finalized in late Spring. If you are interested in receiving more information, please fill out this form: UPenn/CHOP Virtual Open House Form

If you have any questions, please email the Pediatric Dentistry Administrative Coordinator, Lynn Kelly, at lynnk@upenn.edu.