Overview
Comprehensive Dentistry: The Two-Year Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency prepares military dental officers to provide multidisciplinary dental treatment capabilities ensuring the oral health and readiness of the warfighter. The program consists of a 24-month comprehensive curriculum and includes instruction/experiences in all dental disciplines. Formal presentations, instruction, seminars, literature reviews, demonstrations and first-hand clinical experience are provided to the residents. Overall, the program provides training in the clinical, instructional and investigative aspects of the profession to include dental readiness in order to develop military leaders and versatile clinicians who are force multipliers in-garrison or first line deployers to austere environments.
Summary: Comprehensive Dentistry Major
Length: 24 months
Locations: Army Postgraduate Dental School – Fort Hood TX, Fort Bragg NC, Schofield Barracks HI; Naval Postgraduate Dental School – Bethesda MD; Air Force Postgraduate Dental School - Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) Lackland TX, Keesler AFB MS (Closed as of 1 July 2020).
Upon Completion: Certificate and Master of Science Degree (Oral Biology)
Location – Fort Bragg NC
First Year Curriculum
Second Year Curriculum
Two-Year Courses – Grades/Credits Issued at End of Second Year
RBB 103 | Clinical Photography | 3 |
RBB 153 | Practice Management | 2 |
RBB 253 | Oral Pathology | 4 |
RBB 353 | Orthodontics | 4 |
RBB 453 | Oral Medicine | 4 |
RBB 553 | Sedation and Management of Medical Emergencies | 4 |
RBB 703 | Pediatric Dentistry | 5 |
RBB 753 | Forensic Dentistry | 1 |
RBB 903 | Research Methodology/Biostatistics/Project/Manuscript | 8 |
Total Credit Hours: | 35 |
Total Credit Hours: 117
Location – Fort Hood TX
First Year Curriculum
Second Year Curriculum
Two-Year Courses – Grades/Credits Issued at End of Second Year
RHB 103 | Clinical Photography | 3 |
RHB 153 | Practice Management | 2 |
RHB 253 | Oral Pathology | 3 |
RHB 353 | Orthodontics | 4 |
RHB 453 | Oral Medicine | 2 |
RHB 553 | Sedation and Management of Medical Emergencies | 3 |
RHB 703 | Pediatric Dentistry | 4 |
RHB 753 | Forensic Dentistry | 2 |
RHB 903 | Research Methodology/Biostatistics/Project/Manuscript | 10 |
Total Credit Hours: | 33 |
Total Credit Hours: 107
Location – Schofield Barracks HI
First Year Curriculum
Second Year Curriculum
Two-Year Courses – Grades/Credits Issued at End of Second Year
RSB 103 | Clinical Photography | 3 |
RSB 153 | Practice Management | 2 |
RSB 253 | Oral Pathology | 3 |
RSB 353 | Orthodontics | 4 |
RSB 453 | Oral Medicine | 2 |
RSB 553 | Sedation and Management of Medical Emergencies | 3 |
RSB 703 | Pediatric Dentistry | 4 |
RSB 753 | Forensic Dentistry | 2 |
RSB 903 | Research Methodology/Biostatistics/Project/Management | 10 |
Total Credit Hours: | 33 |
Total Credit Hours: 107
Location – Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command, Bethesda MD
First Year Curriculum
N 2010 | Applied Dental Psychology | 0.5 |
N 2050 | Digital Dentistry | 1.5 |
N 2080 | Endodontics | 0.5-2 |
N 2170 | Specialty Clinic, Comprehensive Dentistry | 14.5 |
N 2180 | Management of Medical Emergencies | 0.5 |
N 2200 | Seminar of Restorative Dentistry | 1 |
N 2210 | Naval Operational Management | 1 |
N 2220 | Pediatric Dentistry | .5 |
N 2230 | Restorative Implantology | 1.0 |
N 2240 | Occlusion | 1 |
N 2250 | Operative Dentistry | 1.0 |
N 2280 | Pharmacotherapeutics | 1 |
N 2300 | Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology & Radiology Part I | 2.0 |
N 2310 | Systemic Disease in Clinical Dentistry | 1.5 |
N 2390 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | 0.5-1.0 |
N 2400 | Orthodontics | 1 |
N 2410 | Periodontics | 1.0 |
N 2490 | Nitrous Oxide | 0.5 |
N 2530 | Fixed Prosthodontics | 2 |
N 2540 | Comprehensive Dentistry Removable Prosthodontics | 1.5 |
N 2630 | Research Methods I | 1 |
N 2641 | Research Project | 3-4 |
N 2810 | Forensic Dentistry | 1 |
N 2850 | Orofacial Pain | 1-2 |
N 2860 | Seminar, Diagnosis and Treatment Planning | 0.5 |
N 2880 | General Dentistry Sick Call Rotation | 1 |
N 3110 | Ethics | 0.5 |
N 3120 | Seminar, Orthodontics I | 0.5 |
N 3441 | Maxillofacial Prosthetics | 0.5-1.5 |
N 3531 | Treatment Rendered Seminar | 1.5 |
N 3651 | Seminar, Comprehensive Dentistry | 8.5 |
N 3681 | Seminar, Comprehensive Dentistry ABGD Board Examination | 0.5 |
Total Credit Hours: | 56.5-61.5 |
Second Year Curriculum
N 2790 | Seminar, Operative Dentistry | 1 |
N 3130 | Seminar, Orthodontics II | 0.5 |
N 3140 | Oral Surgery Rotation | 3.5 |
N 3150 | Pediatric Dentistry Rotation | 1 |
N 3170 | Seminar, Occlusion | 0.5 |
N 3180 | Seminar, Restorative Dentistry | 1 |
N 3190 | Specialty Clinic, Comprehensive Dentistry | 19 |
N 3200 | Teaching, Comprehensive Dentistry | 0.5 |
N 3230 | Orofacial Pain Rotation | 0.5 |
N 3240 | General Dentistry Sick Call Rotation | 2 |
N 3250 | Seminar, Periodontics | 0.5 |
N 3310 | Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology & Radiology Part II | 1 |
N 3532 | Treatment Rendered Seminar | 1.5 |
N 3550 | Research Methods II | 0.5 |
N 3580 | Seminar, Orofacial Pain | 0.5 |
N 3590 | Seminar, Prosthodontics | 1 |
N 3600 | Oral Medicine Seminar | 1 |
N 3652 | Seminar, Comprehensive Dentistry | 8.5 |
N 3670 | Seminar, Comprehensive Dentistry ABGD Preparation | 1 |
N 3682 | Seminar, Comprehensive Dentistry ABGD Board Examination | 1.5 |
N 3690
| Research Project | 5 |
N 3710 | Dental Administration Management | 1 |
Total Credit Hours: | 52.5 |
Total Credit Hours: 119
Location – Joint Base San Antonio Lackland TX
First Year Curriculum
FLA 103 | Pharmacotherapeutics in Clinical Dentistry | 1 |
FLA 107 | Advanced Periodontology 1 | 9 |
FLA 109 | Oral Diagnosis and Treatment Planning 1 | 8 |
FLA 111 | Dental Implantology | 2 |
FLA 112 | Endodontics 1 | 6 |
FLA 114 | Prosthodontics 1 | 8 |
FLA 117 | Operative Dentistry 1 | 7 |
FLA 122 | Dental Materials Technology | 1.75 |
FLA 124 | Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology | 1 |
FLC 104 | Research Methodology | 1 |
FLC 125 | Cone Beam Computed Tomography | 0.5 - 1 |
Total Credit Hours: | 44.25-44.75 |
Second Year Curriculum
FLA 208 | Advanced Periodontology 2 | 6 |
FLA 210 | Oral Diagnosis and Treatment Planning 2 | 5 |
FLA 213 | Endodontics 2 | 4 |
FLA 215 | Prosthodontics 2 | 9 |
FLA 216 | Forensic Dentistry | 1.0 |
FLA 218 | Operative Dentistry 2 | 5 |
Total Credit Hours: | 30.0 |
Two-Year Courses – Grades/Credits Issued at End of Second Year
Total Credit Hours: 106