Our Program

UB Dental offers IDP Students an eleven-week summer program. During this condensed summer program, the following topics taught in the first two years of the DDS Program will be covered: 

• Dentures
• Restoration
• Endodontics
• Implantology
• Periodontics 
• Pediatrics
• Impressions
• Anesthesia and Medical Emergencies

In the third year, study of most clinical subjects continues, with courses in oral pathology and radiology, pharmacology, oral medicine, and anesthesia. Lecture courses lessen in quantity, and the clinical practice of dentistry begins to take precedence in time and effort. Third-year students spend three full days (9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) in the clinic each week, with the remaining two days spent in classes and labs.

The fourth-year selective program allows students to pursue their career interests in dentistry or to begin to focus on a specialty area that may or may not be pursued after graduation. Fourth-year students select courses from a wide range of clinical, basic, and behavioral sciences, based on their individual interests. Students enroll in a minimum of 2 credit hours or two courses of selectives in the fall and spring semesters.