Advanced Education

D.M.D./Ph.D.

The University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine offers an integrated dental and graduate research training program culminating in the awarding of both a D.M.D. and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Science. Our objective is to offer a program that produces highly qualified clinical scholars competent as both clinicians (see Predoctoral Program Curriculum) and as independent scientists able to initiate and maintain funded research programs. The presence of these clinical scholars will improve and enhance the quality of teaching and research in the nation's dental schools.

In addition, we will continue to provide a program that is tailored to each individual trainee while maintaining a focus in the oral biological sciences through seminars, courses, clinical research centers and collaborative research activities. In that regard, our training program will continue to be multidisciplinary in scope and composition. The mix of clinical programs and research opportunities provides a dynamic and stimulating training environment in which the clinical scholars come to appreciate the overall inter-relationships of biomedical science and clinical dentistry.