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
studens 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 |
2" x
2" photograph uploaded here,
LSU
processing fee below
and a copy of GRE.
Copies sent to LSUSD
can be used for
interviews, but if
accepted into the
program, you will be
required to provide
the official
documents. |
LSU
Processing Fee |
$50,
(non-refundable) paid on Pre-Admission
Payment Portal |
Mail
to: Attn:
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Office
of Advanced
Education
LSUHSC School of
Denistry
1100 Florida Avenue
New Orleans, LA
70119
|
Contact
the LSUHSC School of
Dentistry
Office of Advanced
Education:
Faye Mascarenhas, BDS, MS,
FACP
Director, Office of
Advanced Education
c/o Megan Wright,
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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