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. Madhu Mohan, 973-972-4621 Program Coordinator, Amanda Rodriguez, 973-972-4621	PASS	Oct 1
Advanced Education in Periodontics Program Director, Dr. Ioanna Tsolaki, DMD, MS, PhD, 973-972-2214 Program Coordinator, Juanita Hobson, 973-972-3848	PASS	Aug 1
Advanced Education in Prosthodontics Program Director, Dr. Steven Morgano, 973-972-4615 Program Coordinator, Cheyenne Moorman, 973-972-2193	PASS	Oct 15
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.