Postgraduate Admissions

For more information about postgraduate programs, please contact the graduate program director.

Rutgers School of Dental Medicine (RSDM) also offers combined advanced degree Masters programs-clinical specialty programs.

Program Application Method Application Deadline

Advanced Education in Endodontics

Program Director, Dr. Paul Falcon, 973-972-4690

Program Coordinator, Inez Rouse Pearson, 973-972-1928

PASS July 1

Advanced Education in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Program Director, Dr. Rabie M. Shanti, DMD, MD, 973-972-3126

Program Coordinator, Kisha Wesley, 973-972-3126

PASS Oct 2

Advanced Education in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Program Director, Dr. David S. Briss, 973-972-4729

Program Coordinator, Tanya Arroyo, 973-972-4729

PASS Sept 1

Advanced Education in Pediatric Dentistry

Program Director, Dr. Glenn Rosivack, 973-972-4620

Program Coordinator, Tonka Barrett–McBurrows, 973-972-4621

PASS Oct 1

Advanced Education in Periodontics

Program Director, Dr. Andrew Sullivan, 973-972-3848

Program Coordinator, Juanita Hobson, 973-972-3848

PASS Aug 15

Advanced Education in Prosthodontics

Program Director, Dr. Steven Morgano, 973-972-4615

Program Coordinator, Cheyenne Moorman, 973-972-2193

PASS Oct 2

Advanced Education in Orofacial Pain

Program Director, Dr. Gary Heir, 973-972-6460, heirgm@sdm.rutgers.edu

PASS Feb 15

General Practice Residency

Program Director, Dr. Ali M. Abbas, 973-972-1630, abbasal@sdm.rutgers.edu

PASS Nov 1
2nd Year General Practice Residency in Special Care PASS Nov 1

Master of Dental Science

Program Director, Daniel Fine, 973-972-3728

Program Coordinator, Debra Tischio Bereski, tischida@sdm.rutgers.edu

Rolling Basis Feb 15

Master of Science

Program Director, Daniel Fine, 973-972-3728

Program Coordinator, Debra Tischio Bereski, tischida@sdm.rutgers.edu

Rolling Basis Feb 15

See Postgraduate Application for Admissions for more information on the application process for these programs.

Rutgers School of Dental Medicine also offers numerous preceptorships through Continuing Dental Education, including:

  • Endodontics
  • Dental Genetics
  • Orthodontics
  • Periodontics & Restorative Dentistry
  • Restorative Dentistry
  • Diagnostic Sciences
  • Orofacial Pain
  • Oral Medicine
  • Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology

Preceptorships are also offered through Continuing Dental Education in:

  • Diagnostic Sciences
  • Clinical Orofacial Pain
  • Clinical Oral Medicine
  • Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology

RSDM is committed to complying with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The programs in Advanced Specialty Education in Endodontics, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Pediatric Dentistry, Periodontics and Prosthodontics are accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation and have been granted the accreditation statuses of approval without reporting requirements.
The Commission on Dental Accreditation has accredited the postdoctoral program in Advanced Education Programs General Practice Residency and Advanced General Dentistry Education Programs in Orofacial Pain. However, accreditation of the program does not in itself constitute recognition of any dental specialty status.