General Program Information: Program Description Equipment and Facilities Tuition Courses Offered

Admission Requirements: Research interests Admission Requirements Application Materials

Program Description

The Graduate Periodontics Program offered at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Manitoba, is an accredited Masters of Dentistry Program in Periodontics. Its main purpose is to provide dental graduates a comprehensive, scientifically-based program will enable them to undertake the practice of periodontics. The program is a minimum of 36 months duration and two students are accepted every other year.

Equipment and Facilities:

The graduate section of Periodontology has at its disposal a graduate clinic containing seven fully equipped dental units, laboratory and office space. Students also have a rotation to the hospital dental clinic is in service at the adjacent Health Sciences Centre.

Dental assistants, dental hygienists, and dental hygiene students are available to support activities of the Program.

Students are required to supply their own instruments (est. $6,200.00) and a camera set-up suitable for clinical photography (est. $2,400.00).

Tuition:

Current tuition fee information for domestic and international students is available on the registrar's website:

umanitoba.ca/student/records/fees/988.htm

For International students, who are government sponsored, there is an additional fee assessment.

Note: The University reserves the right to make changes and revisions to tuition and other fees.

Courses Offered:

Specialty Courses:

• Advanced Clinical Periodontics
• Biology and Pathology of the Periodontium
• Clinical Practice in Periodontics (including Hospital Dentistry)
• Occlusion
• Review of Periodontal Literature
• Implantology

Basic Science Courses:

• Advanced Anatomy of the Head and Neck
• Infectious Diseases and the Oral Cavity
• Advanced Oral Pathology

Supportive Courses:

• Oral Medicine and Oral Diagnosis
• Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• Biostatistics

The student will accumulate a minimum of 1,200 hours clinical experience of which approximately 100 hours will be spent in the hospital dental clinic. The clinical program will lead to proficiency in the diagnosis and treatment of various types of periodontal diseases, management of patients with facial pain and temporomandibular joint dysfunction and experience in implantology.

Research:

An essay and/or research project in a specified area selected in consultation with the Department Head, is a requirement.

Applicants for admission to the program of study leading to a Master of Dentistry (Periodontics) must have:

• dental degree
• An interview, as part of the admissions process. Usually held in October with final selection by early November of the year preceding admission.
• All non-Canadian citizens whose primary language is other than English must write the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and attain a score of at least 550.

Applications must be submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies by September 1st of the year preceding admission.

Application forms can be obtained from the University of Manitoba Graduate Studies website .

APPLICATION MATERIALS:

• Graduate Periodontics Program application form
• Two letters of reference - to be sent directly to us by the referees;
• Dean’s Letter - Dean of the dental school from which you received your dental degree
• Curriculum Vitae
• Description of why you are interested in pursuing advanced education in periodontics.
• Application deadline: September 1st, 2011

If you are interested in applying for the Graduate Periodontics Program, please submit the following to the Faculty of Graduate Studies prior to September 1st in the year preceding your desired commencement in the program (August start date):

Ensure that you have read over the Academic Integrity notice:

download the Grad Studies Application Form here

download the "Dean's Letter" here (PDF document, 1 page, 26 kb)

"What is Academic Integrity and What Does It Have to Do With You?" (PDF document, 2 pages, 32 kb)

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