Periodontology Residency
Program Education
During The First Year,
During the first year, residents begin the summer semester with didactic courses as part of the core curriculum. These include courses for advanced head and neck anatomy and embryology, microbiology, epidemiology and pharmacology, and online educational courses.
Residents receive a major part of the didactic training, and learn to employ all of the diagnostic and therapeutic techniques employed in clinical periodontics on the patients assigned to them during the course of their first year in the program. The residents clinical experiences are enhanced by in-depth reviews of both current and classic periodontal literature throughout their training, beginning in the first year.
At the end of the first year of training, the residents will attend a didactic course in Light Parental Conscious Sedation.
The Second Year
During The Third Year,
Medical Student Rotation Experience
In addition to clinical experience in the dental school, each Periodontics Graduate Resident assists in hospital oral surgical procedures and is also given the opportunity to perform certain procedures.
For More information about the Ascension Macomb-Oakland Periodontology Residency contact the Program Coordinator, Jennifer Lucci, BS, C-TAGME, Jennifer.lucci@ascension.org