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Advanced Education --
Orthodontics
The program in Orthodontics is a twenty-four
month course of study beginning in July of each
year. The program is designed to offer a broad
foundation in the basic sciences and to provide a
background of detailed knowledge essential to the
understanding of orthodontics. Primary emphasis is
on clinical training, which is correlated with and
supplemented by lecture, seminar, demonstration,
and conference instruction. Mastery of the
edgewise appliance is stressed. Treatment with
functional appliances is also emphasized as an
augmentation to fixed appliance therapy. In
addition to the treatment of routine orthodontic
problems, each student treats several patients
with severe malocclusions, requiring a combined
orthodontic-surgical approach to therapy. Guest
lecturers introduce other appliance techniques
currently used throughout the world. Some of the
courses offered over the two-year period are
orthodontic theory and diagnosis, orthodontic
technique, biomechanics, surgical orthodontics,
craniofacial morphogenesis, anatomy, and
statistics. Each student must also complete a
research project. The program is fully accredited
by the ADA Commission on Dental Accreditation
(CODA). All applicants must take the Graduate
Record Examination; foreign students must take the
TOEFL.
Advanced Education in Orthodontics Curriculum and Credit Hours
Key Information
| Program Director |
Dr. Paul Armbruster |
| Length of Program |
2 years |
| Matching Participant |
Yes |
| PASS Participant |
Yes |
| Certificate Awarded |
Yes |
| Degree Awarded |
Master of Science in Dentistry |
| Fees |
Yes |
| International Students
Accepted |
Yes - need TOEFL Scores |
| PASS Application Deadline |
August 1 |
| Deadline for Materials Sent to
LSUSD |
August 15 |
| Program Start Date |
July 1 |
| Program End Date |
June 30 |
| Application Materials
Required |
PASS applications only:
http://programpages.passweb.org/search |
| Additional Application
Materials to be Sent to LSUSD |
LSU processing fee, 2"x2"
photograph, GRE, TOEFL,
National Board scores part I & II (will
accept National Board scores in the Dean s
evaluation submitted to PASS) and CV should be
sent directly to the LSUSD Office of
Advanced Education. Copies sent to
LSUSD can
be used for interviews, but if
accepted into the program, the program will
require you to provide the official
documents. |
| LSU Processing Fee |
$50, check or money
order payable to LSUHSC School of Dentistry
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Contact
the LSUHSC School of Dentistry
Office
of Advanced
Education:
Sandra Andrieu, PhD
Director, Office of
Advanced Education
c/o Delores Bradford,
Administrative Assistant
LSUHSC School of
Dentistry
1100 Florida Avenue
New Orleans,
LA 70119
tel. 504-941-8113; fax
504-941-8180
E-mail: ds-AdvancedEducation@lsuhsc.edu
LSUHSC
School of Dentistry Department of
Orthodontics
American Association of
Orthodontists
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