Periodontics, M.S. in Dentistry
ÀÏ˾»ú¸£ÀûÍø's periodontic program strives to balance progressive excellence with the highest standards and the compassionate service of the Catholic, Jesuit heritage.
Graduates leave SLU prepared to be astute and aware clinicians using an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to caring for periodontal problems.
Curriculum Overview
SLU's periodontics master's program focuses on an extensive, comprehensive clinical experience involving the diagnosis and treatment of patients with a wide variety of periodontal problems, biomedical sciences courses and research related to the discipline of periodontology and oral implantology. Students must complete 62 credits to graduate from the program.
Courses include principles of periodontics, periodontal literature reviews, conscious sedation, introduction to graduate implant dentistry, advanced implant surgery, clinical teaching practicum, periodontal case presentation seminar, clinical periodontics, periodontal systemic interrelationships, orthodontic-periodontic interrelationships, current literature in periodontics and thesis research.
Fieldwork and Research Opportunities
The clinical portion of the curriculum encompasses all aspects of periodontal treatment including nonsurgical therapy, hard and soft tissue resective and regenerative surgery, implant surgery, ridge augmentation procedures, occlusal therapy, conscious sedation, periodontal plastic surgery and maintenance therapy.
Students also receive training in research design and statistics and must conduct an original research project. This effort leads to the preparation and defense of a thesis and, subsequently, the production of a manuscript suitable for publication in a journal relating to the specialty of periodontics. The experience of discovery provided by such research is an integral part of the graduate program, and students are expected to produce a meaningful contribution to the field of periodontics.
Careers
The goal of SLU’s Center for Advanced Dental Education is to prepare periodontic graduates to pursue a career with many possibilities: as a clinician with a practice limited to periodontics, as a researcher or as a teacher of periodontics.
ÀÏ˾»ú¸£ÀûÍø Requirements
The prerequisite for matriculation in any CADE dental training program is possession of a D.D.S., D.M.D., or equivalent general dental degree. Ìý
All applicants must possess a dental license in a U.S. state or foreign country.
Application Requirements
- Online application through ADEA Postdoctoral Application Support Service (ADEA PASS)
- Three letters of recommendation
- National board score test results (suggested, but not required for international applicants)
- Transcript(s)
- Biographical goals statement
- Curriculum vitae or résumé
- National match number
Requirements for International Students
All admission policies and requirements for domestic students apply to international students. International students must also meet the following additional requirements:
- ¶Ù±ð³¾´Ç²Ô²õ³Ù°ù²¹³Ù±ðÌýEnglish Language Proficiency
- Academic records, in English translation, of students who have undertaken postsecondary studies outside the United States must include:
- Courses taken and/or lectures attended
- Practical laboratory work
- The maximum and minimum grades attainable
- The grades earned or the results of all end-of-term examinations
- Any honors or degrees received.
- WES and ECE transcripts are accepted.
- In order to be issued an I-20 for your F-1 visa application, students must submit financial documents. Proof of financial support that must include:
- A letter of financial support from the person(s) or sponsoring agency funding the student's time at ÀÏ˾»ú¸£ÀûÍø
- A letter from the sponsor's bank verifying that the funds are available and will be so for the duration of the student's study at the University
Application Deadline
Applications must be completed by Aug. 1 to be considered for the periodontic master’s program beginning the summer semester of the following year.
Review Process
A committee examines and reviews the applicant and application wholly. Promising applicants are invited for on-site interviews in September.
Tuition
Tuition | Cost Per Semester |
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Graduate Tuition | $22,950 |
Additional charges may apply. Other resources are listed below:
Information on Tuition and Fees
Scholarships and Financial Aid
For priority consideration for graduate assistantship, apply by Feb. 1.
For more information, visit the Office of Student Financial Services.
Accreditation
The 36-month program is fully accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association. Following completion of the program, graduates are educationally qualified for certification by the American Board of Periodontology.
- Graduates will be able to useÌýthe knowledge and concepts of periodontics, apply major practices, theories or evidence-based literature in clinical periodontics.
- Graduates will be able to assess relevant literature or scholarly contributions in periodontics.
- Graduates will be able to articulate arguments or explanations to both a disciplinary or professional audience and to a general audience, in both oral and written forms.
- Graduates will be able to evidence scholarly and professional integrity in periodontics.
Code | Title | Credits |
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°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5010 | Pain: Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology, Treatment | 1 |
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5030 | Advanced Oral Microbiology | 2 |
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5060 | Ethics and Dentistry | 0 |
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5070 | Bone Physiology | 1 |
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5080 | Multidis Diag + Trtmnt Plan I | 1 |
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5100 | Dental Therapeutics | 1 |
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5140 | Temporomandibular Disorders | 1 |
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5110 | Small Business Basics | 1 |
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5175 | Advanced Oral Pathology & Medicine | 2 |
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5190 | Advanced Head and Neck Anatomy | 2 |
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5220 | Clinical Immunology | 1 |
°¿¸é·¡³§Ìý5010 | Introduction to Biostatistics for Health Outcomes | 3 |
°¿¸é·¡³§Ìý5100 | Research Methods in Health & Medicine | 3 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5000 | Principles of Periodontics | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5010 | Periodontal Literature Review I | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5020 | Periodontal Literature Review II | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5030 | Periodontal Literature Review III | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5040 | Periodontal Literature Review IV | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5050 | Periodontal Literature Review V | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5060 | Periodontal Literature Review VI | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5100 | Conscious Sedation I | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5110 | Conscious Sedation II | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5120 | Optional Sedation Rotation | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5200 | Introduction to Grad Implant Dental I | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5210 | Introduction to Grad Implant Dental II | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5220 | Advanced Implant Surgery I | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5230 | Advanced Implant Surgery II | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5300 | Clinical Teaching Practicum | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5400 | Periodontics Case Presentation Seminar | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5600 | Clinical Periodontics I | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5610 | Clinical Periodontics II | 2 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5620 | Clinical Periodontics III | 2 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5630 | Clinical Periodontics IV | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5640 | Clinical Periodontics V | 2 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5650 | Clinical Periodontics VI | 2 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5660 | Clinical Periodontics VII | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5670 | Clinical Periodontics VIII | 2 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5680 | Clinical Periodontics IX | 2 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5690 | Clinical Periodontics X | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5700 | Periodontal Systematic Interrelation | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5800 | Orthodontics and Periodontics Interrelationships | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5910 | Current Literature in Periodontics (taken over multiple semesters) | 9 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5950 | Special Study for Exams | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5990 | Thesis Research | 6 |
Total Credits | 62 |
Non-Course Requirements
Supervised clinical periodontal treatment of patients; comprehensive periodontal specialty examinations utilizing written, oral, and practical clinical formats; teaching practicum; oral defense of the thesis.
All 1st yearÌýresidents are required to complete the Online course in Responsible Conduct in Research (RCR) by the end of the Spring term.Ìý
Continuation Standards
Students must maintain a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.00 in all graduate/professional courses.
Roadmaps are recommended semester-by-semester plans of study for programs and assume full-time enrollmentÌýunless otherwise noted. Ìý
Courses and milestones designated as critical (marked with !) must be completed in the semester listed to ensure a timely graduation. Transfer credit may change the roadmap.
This roadmap should not be used in the place of regular academic advising appointments. All students are encouraged to meet with their advisor/mentor each semester. Requirements, course availability and sequencing are subject to change.
Year One | ||
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Summer | Credits | |
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5080 | Multidis Diag + Trtmnt Plan I | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5000 | Principles of Periodontics | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5400 | Periodontics Case Presentation Seminar | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5600 | Clinical Periodontics I | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5910 | Current Literature in Periodontics | 1 |
Ìý | Credits | 4 |
Fall | ||
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5080 | Multidis Diag + Trtmnt Plan I | 1 |
°¿¸é·¡³§Ìý5010 | Introduction to Biostatistics for Health Outcomes | 3 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5010 | Periodontal Literature Review I | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5400 | Periodontics Case Presentation Seminar | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5610 | Clinical Periodontics II | 2 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5910 | Current Literature in Periodontics | 1 |
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5070 | Bone Physiology | 1 |
Ìý | Credits | 9 |
Spring | ||
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5030 | Advanced Oral Microbiology | 2 |
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5060 | Ethics and Dentistry | 0 |
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5080 | Multidis Diag + Trtmnt Plan I | 1 |
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5100 | Dental Therapeutics | 1 |
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5190 | Advanced Head and Neck Anatomy | 2 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5020 | Periodontal Literature Review II | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5400 | Periodontics Case Presentation Seminar | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5620 | Clinical Periodontics III | 2 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5910 | Current Literature in Periodontics | 1 |
Ìý | Credits | 10 |
Year Two | ||
Summer | ||
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5010 | Pain: Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology, Treatment | 1 |
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5080 | Multidis Diag + Trtmnt Plan I | 1 |
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5110 | Small Business Basics | 1 |
°¿¸é·¡³§Ìý5100 | Research Methods in Health & Medicine | 3 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5300 | Clinical Teaching Practicum | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5400 | Periodontics Case Presentation Seminar | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5630 | Clinical Periodontics IV | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5910 | Current Literature in Periodontics | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5990 | Thesis Research | 1 |
Ìý | Credits | 9 |
Fall | ||
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5080 | Multidis Diag + Trtmnt Plan I | 1 |
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5220 | Clinical Immunology | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5030 | Periodontal Literature Review III | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5100 | Conscious Sedation I | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5120 | Optional Sedation Rotation | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5200 | Introduction to Grad Implant Dental I | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5300 | Clinical Teaching Practicum | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5400 | Periodontics Case Presentation Seminar | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5640 | Clinical Periodontics V | 2 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5910 | Current Literature in Periodontics | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5990 | Thesis Research | 1 |
Ìý | Credits | 9 |
Spring | ||
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5080 | Multidis Diag + Trtmnt Plan I | 1 |
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5175 | Advanced Oral Pathology & Medicine | 2 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5040 | Periodontal Literature Review IV | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5110 | Conscious Sedation II | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5210 | Introduction to Grad Implant Dental II | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5300 | Clinical Teaching Practicum | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5400 | Periodontics Case Presentation Seminar | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5650 | Clinical Periodontics VI | 2 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5910 | Current Literature in Periodontics | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5990 | Thesis Research | 1 |
Ìý | Credits | 10 |
Year Three | ||
Summer | ||
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5080 | Multidis Diag + Trtmnt Plan I | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5300 | Clinical Teaching Practicum | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5400 | Periodontics Case Presentation Seminar | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5660 | Clinical Periodontics VII | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5910 | Current Literature in Periodontics | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5990 | Thesis Research | 1 |
Ìý | Credits | 4 |
Fall | ||
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5080 | Multidis Diag + Trtmnt Plan I | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5050 | Periodontal Literature Review V | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5220 | Advanced Implant Surgery I | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5300 | Clinical Teaching Practicum | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5400 | Periodontics Case Presentation Seminar | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5670 | Clinical Periodontics VIII | 2 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5800 | Orthodontics and Periodontics Interrelationships | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5910 | Current Literature in Periodontics | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5990 | Thesis Research | 1 |
Ìý | Credits | 7 |
Spring | ||
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5080 | Multidis Diag + Trtmnt Plan I | 1 |
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5140 | Temporomandibular Disorders | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5060 | Periodontal Literature Review VI | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5230 | Advanced Implant Surgery II | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5300 | Clinical Teaching Practicum | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5400 | Periodontics Case Presentation Seminar | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5680 | Clinical Periodontics IX | 2 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5700 | Periodontal Systematic Interrelation | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5910 | Current Literature in Periodontics | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5990 | Thesis Research | 1 |
Ìý | Credits | 8 |
Year Four | ||
Summer | ||
°ä´¡¶ÙÌý5080 | Multidis Diag + Trtmnt Plan I | 1 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5690 | Clinical Periodontics X | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5950 | Special Study for Exams | 0 |
±Ê·¡¸é±õÌý5990 | Thesis Research | 0 |
Ìý | Credits | 1 |
Ìý | Total Credits | 71 |