Interim Program Directors: John J. Foti, DDS and Matthew Hanna, DMD
Stony Brook University’s Advanced Dental Education Program in General Practice Residency (GPR) program was established in 1980. The GPR program has 20 fully accredited one- and two-year positions commencing approximately July 1 of each year. In addition to training in all areas of hospital dentistry, the residents receive an advanced program of didactic and clinical training in implant, fixed and removable prosthodontics, and instruction in the management of medically compromised geriatric patients, phobic patients and individuals with developmental disabilities. The majority of time is spent providing patient care in a state of the art dedicated ADEC operatory staffed by dental assistants and clerks simulating a small, multi-individual group dental practice.
The General Practice Residency program is an educational program designed to provide clinical, didactic and hospital experience at the post-doctoral level. The program prepares residents to:
- Provide comprehensive oral healthcare to a wide range of ambulatory and hospitalized patients
- Understand the relationship between oral and systemic diseases, to develop professionals and to pursue areas of interest under close supervision of attending staff
- Refine and advance knowledge and clinical skills in the practice of dentistry and the management and treatment of complex restorative problems
- Demonstrate the application of the basic sciences to the clinical practice of dentistry
- Understand the process of self-assessment and peer review
The educational program consists of both clinical and didactic aspects. The clinical training is designed to provide advanced experience in preventive dentistry, restorative dentistry, periodontics, endodontics, and oral-and maxillofacial surgery. Residents treat patients with increasingly complex dental and medical problems, such as patients with implant restorations, lost vertical dimension of occlusion, as well as systemic or psychiatric disorders, the developmentally disabled, geriatric and pediatric patients. Residents are provided with supervised training and experience in patient evaluation, planning and treatment. The program is designed to ensure that the residents will be capable of anticipating, diagnosing and treating emergencies. They develop the skills and knowledge to diagnose and treat acute infections and pain of the oral region, hemorrhage of the oral cavity and traumatic injuries to the dental and maxillofacial tissues. The seminar program contains a didactic component for each clinical discipline. Service rotations to emergency medicine and anesthesiology take place at affiliated institutions and are designed to allow for continuity of patient care.
For information about the GPR program (i.e., stipends, estimated expenses, application, admission, etc.) please call (631) 632-8930, or write:
Pam Burger, Coordinator
Department of Hospital Dentistry
151 Westchester Hall
School of Dental Medicine
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York 11794-8711
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