Applications must be completed by August 31st of the previous year (ex. August 31, 2015 for Fall 2016 admission).

To apply for the Prosthodontics Certificate program please submit all documents listed below on-line in GRADMIT. Your application will not be complete until these items have been received and you have submitted your application for formal review.

1. On-line Application - Apply Now

• Please Note: Non-immigrants must complete the International On-line Application; check the box for "International Applicant" after selecting degree program on the Interactive Graduate Application Site (GRADMIT)
• Please complete all questions on the application completely and accurately.

2. $50.00 non-refundable application fee paid on UBePay

• Once you have submitted your online application for formal review, you will be able to pay the application fee by credit/debit card only. Your application cannot be reviewed until the fee has been paid. Please note that the $50 application fee is non-refundable.

3. CV / Resume

4. Two letters of recommendation and a Dean's letter (if graduated from a US or Canadian dental school), otherwise three letters of recommendation.Recommendation letters must be uploaded electronically:

• In the recommendation section of this online application, you submit three referees with their email addresses. They will receive an email notification to electronically submit an online recommendation only after you submit your application for formal review.

5. Unofficial transcripts from EVERY college/university attended

• If you are accepted into the program you will be asked to submit original transcripts with proper signatures, seals or stamps. Academic documents that are not in English must be accompanied by an exact, certified translation.International applicants please include copy of certificate with proof of degree.

6. Unofficial TOEFL Score Report at or above minimum of 550 (written) / 213 (computer based) / 79 (internet based) or better obtained within eighteen months of the application deadline. 

• If you are accepted into the program you will be asked to submit original TOEFL score reports.

7. UB Financial Form / Financial Scholarship or Bank Documents

• All International applicants must complete and upload to their application the UB financial form documenting all the sources of your financial support with the sponsor's signature. Official supporting documentation as outlined in the instructions must also be uploaded
• Official financial documents verifying scholarship support from your government (if applicable) - upload in bank documents section
• No certificate of eligibility will be issued without satisfactory financial documentation. Financial documentation is required for visa issuance only-documentation may be submitted after acceptance but I-20 documentation cannot be issued without it.

8. Photocopy of passport biographical page

9. Photocopy of your current I-20 AND the F-1 visa stamp in your passport if you are currently an F-1 student

* All documents become property of the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine and are not returnable to the applicant.

If you have questions regarding the application process please contact:
Ms. Kristin Yager, Advanced Education Admissions Coordinator
Telephone: (716) 829-2839
E-mail sdmpg@buffalo.edu

Advanced Education Estimated Expenses

Required Course List-   Advanced Education Program in Prosthodontics

RDN 950 Advanced Prosthodontic Clinics This course provides in-depth clinical experience in fixed, removable, and implant prosthodontics.  The multidisciplinary clinic with periodontal and endodontic Advanced Education Students, allows ready consultation and treatment modalities. 

RDN 937 Prosthetic Seminar and Literature Review This seminar series is divided into two parts.  The seminar series meets one-half-day-per-week and extends over six seminars to complete the didactic program of Prosthodontics and Related Disciplines.  These are participation and presentation seminars by students, faculty and guests.  The literature reviews are one and one half hour sessions per week over the six semesters and are designed to cover the pertinent literature related to the disciplines or prosthodontics.  

RDN 933 Preclinical Technique This course refines psychomotor skills, develops competence in self-assessment, and the ability to perform the myriad of removable prosthodontic clinical and laboratory procedures. 

RDN 932 Advanced Ceramics This course develops skills that expand upon the conventional porcelain fused to metal restorations.  The student will also demonstrate esthetic parameters, various facial margins, and the veneer restorations. 

RDN 905 This course develops skills for successful dental implant treatment and relies on the practitioner being thoroughly familiar with all phases of care delivery.  A thorough understanding of anatomy, diagnostic planning parameters, surgical techniques, and implant systems are required for the planning and delivery of dental implant restorations.  This course is intended to provide the student with detailed information related to treatment planning, surgical overview of augmentation techniques, treatment consideration for various restorations, and  implant systems used at the School of Dental Medicine, submerged vs. non-submerged techniques, surface properties, loading concepts and restorations.  At the conclusion of this course, each student will be expected to thoroughly understand how to diagnose, plan, and treat a dental implant patient (both completely and partially edentulous).

RDN 900 This course develops skills for advanced "Clinical Treatment Planning and Clinical Case Presentation" is designed to provide advanced education residents in the skill, art and science of comprehensive treatment planning.  A seminar presentation format is utilized where residents present new clinical comprehensive case treatment plans before an audience of their peers and faculty.  Treatment alternatives are presented, discussed, challenged and defended.  Alternative modes of treatment may be presented by residents and faculty in attendance and discussed.  Completed cases must also be presented by residents demonstrating final results, modifications from original treatment plans and prognosis.  Additionally, current literature will be assigned for presentation and evaluation that relates to clinical treatment planning.  This course is continuous running and will be required for participation by all prosthodontic residents for all semesters of training.

ORAL SCIENCES – REQUIRED COURSES 2016/2017

Fall semester                                                

OS 510             Research Seminar In Oral Sciences        1.0                                Dziak    

                                    Mon 4:00-4:50 PM         215 Foster Hall

OS 512             Research Design In Oral Sciences          2.0                                McCall

                                    Mon 2:00-3:50 PM         215 Foster Hall

OS 506             Biomaterials      1.0                                                                    Meyer

                                    Mon., 1:00-1:50 PM 362 Squire

ORB 545           Dynamics of bone         2.0                                                        Dziak

                                    Wed. 10am-11:50AM     215 Foster

Spring semester

OS 502             Physiology of Pain        2.0                                                        Ohrbach

                                    Wed. 8:00-9:50 AM        356 Squire Hall

OS 504/ORB 510

Saliva and the Oral Microbiome  4.0                                            Romano

                                    Mon. 9:00-10:50 AM

Wed. 2:00-3:50 PM.       215 Foster Hall

OS 510             Research Seminar In Oral Sciences        1.0                                Dziak

                                    Mon 4:00-4:50 PM         215 Foster Hall

OS 518             Biostatistics      4.0                                                                    Davis

                                    Mon. 2:30-3:50PM

                                    Wed. 10:00-11:20 AM

                                    Wed. 1:00-1:50pm OR 2:00-2:50pm 

                                    356  Squire Hall