College of Dentistry

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Orthodontics

Professional Program

Lecture courses guide D.D.S. students in learning basic concepts of dental and facial growth, as well as treatment-oriented subject matter. In a laboratory course, students take and evaluate diagnostic records and fabricate treatment appliances. The department supervises a program for clinical treatment of selected patients.

Graduate Program

The graduate program in orthodontics educates competent individuals to practice orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics. The program's objectives are to provide students with an in-depth education in biological and biomechanical principles related to orthodontics; to teach students to diagnose, plan, and deliver comprehensive orthodontic health care service; and to develop students' research and service skills.

Opportunities are available for research and independent study in the department, and there are special facilities for research in biomechanics and craniofacial growth. Interaction with other departments provides learning and research opportunities in surgical orthodontics, cleft lip and palate treatment, speech pathology, animal experimentation, and human growth.

Master of Science and Certificate

The Master of Science requires a minimum of 30 s.h. of graduate credit. Students must satisfactorily complete a thesis based on an original research project to qualify for an M.S. in addition to the Certificate in Orthodontics.

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