Program Director: Kimberly Patterson, DDS, MS
This is a 24-month program beginning July 1 with five new positions offered each year. The program is a combined Hospital and University-based certificate program. The Stony Brook University Advanced Dental Education Program in Pediatric Dentistry (AEPPD)emphasizes resident training in the multidisciplinary comprehensive dental care approach and management of infants, children and adolescents in addition to dental care for patients with special health care needs. Medically compromised patients are managed using an interdisciplinary healthcare-team approach.
The AEPPD is an educational program designed to provide clinical, didactic and hospital experience at the postdoctoral level. The program goals are as follows:
- Provide the resident with a comprehensive education to become knowledgeable and clinically proficient in the specialty of pediatric dentistry
- Prepare the resident for a career in clinical practice and/or academics and encourage the resident to continue his/her professional growth after completion of the program through formal coursework, self-study, research, attaining board certification and an active role in an academic/teaching program.
- Provide quality oral healthcare and education to the pediatric and special needs population of Suffolk County, New York.
- Provide leadership and education in pediatric oral health to health professionals within Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook Health Sciences Center, and the Long Island community
- Participate and collaborate in scholarly activity, research and service programs
The didactic curriculum complements the residents’ clinical experiences. The core curriculum offers the knowledge and experience required in the medical and dental management of the pediatric and special needs patient. In addition, the curriculum meets the eligibility requirements of the ADA Committee on Dental Accreditation Standards for Advanced Dental Education in Pediatric Dentistry and the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry Qualifying Examination.
The program is designed to ensure residents will become proficient in diagnosis, risk assessment and comprehensive treatment planning, interdisciplinary case management, and procedural ability. Residents will develop the skills and knowledge to diagnose and treat acute infections and pain of the oral region, and traumatic injuries to the dental and maxillofacial tissues.
Service rotations to Pediatric Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology, which are designed to allow for continuity of patient care, take place at Stony Brook University Hospital and Stony Brook Medicine outpatient clinics.
The Pediatric Dentistry Residency program has a strong community service component. Residents participate in oral health programs within school-based, Head Start and WIC programs and local community health centers. Residents participate in healthcare provider, allied health staff and caregiver education, and provide oral health services in the underserved areas of Suffolk County. Many of these community services take place in the Stony Brook Mobile Clinic.
For information about this program (i.e., application, stipends) please email: Kimberly.patterson@stonybrookmedicine.edu
Advanced Dental Education Program in Pediatric Dentistry
Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry
114 Rockland Hall
School of Dental Medicine
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8701
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