MSD in Pediatric Dentistry

The goal of the Boston University advanced education program in pediatric dentistry is to prepare specialists who are competent in providing both primary and comprehensive preventive and therapeutic oral health care for infants and children through adolescence, including those with special health care needs, in the context of family, culture, and community. Residents are trained to provide services in institutional, private, and/or public health settings.

Master of Science in Dentistry in Pediatric Dentistry

The MSD program requires a minimum of one year in addition to the time commitment for the Certificate in Advanced Education (CAE) in Pediatric Dentistry and entails a research project, thesis, and thesis defense.

SDM PD 991 Research: Pediatric Dentistry (4 cr, 1st and 2nd sem.)

CAE Curriculum

Year 1

• SDM OB 761 Oral Microbiology (1 cr, 2nd sem.)
• SDM OB 830 Research Writing (2 cr, 1st sem.)
• SDM OS 831 Head and Neck Anatomy (1 cr, 1st sem.)
• SDM PH 763 Bioethics and the Law (.5 cr, 1st sem.)
• SDM PH 803 Biostatistics (2 cr, 1st and 2nd sem.)
• SDM PA 801 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (2 cr, 1st sem.)
• SDM PD 802 Fundamentals of Pediatric Dentistry (3 cr, 1st sem.)
• SDM PD 822 Advanced Seminar in Pediatric Dentistry (4 cr, 1st and 2nd sem.)
• SDM PD 911 Clinical Pediatric Dentistry (10 cr, 1st and 2nd sem.)
• SDM PD 918 Clinical Anesthesia (1 cr, 1st or 2nd sem.)
• SDM PD 922 Clinical Oral Surgery (1 cr, 1st or 2nd sem.)
• SDM PD 981 Research in Pediatric Dentistry (2 cr, 1st and 2nd sem.)

Year 2

• SDM PD 808 Orthodontics for Pediatric Dentists (1 cr, 3rd and 4th sem.)
• SDM PD 824 Advanced Case Presentations in Pediatric Dentistry (4 cr, 3rd and 4th sem.)
• SDM PD 823 Advanced Seminar in Pediatric Dentistry (4 cr, 3rd and 4th sem.)
• SDM PD 982 Research in Pediatric Dentistry (2 cr, 3rd and 4th sem.)
• SDM PD 912 Clinical Pediatric Dentistry (10 cr, 3rd and 4th sem.)
• SDM PD 916 Clinical Orthodontics (4 cr, 3rd and 4th sem.)
• SDM PD 920 Clinical Pediatric Medicine (1 cr, 3rd or 4th sem.)

At the discretion of the program director and/or department chair, research students may participate in clinical activities during their research years.

Affiliated Institutions

Franciscan Hospital for Children provides rehabilitative and acute inpatient care, ambulatory services, residential treatment, child care services, special education, primary care, medical and surgical services, as well as urgent care for infants and children up to age 21. The Department of Dentistry provides services for both inpatients and outpatients in a modern nine-chair facility and in a three-room, state-of-the-art operating suite.

Boston Medical Center is the major teaching hospital associated with Boston University. The pediatric section of the Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery provides comprehensive services for children and adolescents up to the age of 14 on an outpatient basis, inpatient consultant basis, and in the operating room under general anesthesia.

East Boston Neighborhood Health Center provides comprehensive health care services to the local community. The dental department provides services for pediatric and adolescent patients on an outpatient basis only.