Undergraduate Admission Guidelines (DDS)

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

1. General Practice
2. Dental Residencies
3. Graduate (Advanced Dental Specialty) Programs
4. Graduate (Research) Programs
5. University Teaching

1. General Practice. While association with a colleague is very popular, some graduating dentists prefer to establish their own private practice.
2. Dental Residencies. General practice residencies of one calendar year in length are available in the University of Toronto teaching hospitals. Residents work in the dental departments, treat dental emergencies, attend rounds and rotate to other hospital services. The residency program provides for a wide range of supervised clinical experience in hospital dentistry
3. Graduate (Advanced Dental Specialty) Programs. The University of Toronto offers the most comprehensive educational opportunities and the most broadly based dental research opportunities among Canadian faculties. The M.Sc. specialty programs are individualized according to specialty discipline and/or respective research field. Such advanced dental education meets Commission on Accreditation guidelines for Specialty, Fellowship or Board certification in the following disciplines:
• Dental Anaesthesia: pain control and patient management in dentistry.
• Dental Public Health: protection and improvement of the oral health of the population.
• Endodontics: root canal treatment to preserve diseased or badly damaged teeth.
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Anaesthesia: surgical correction of medical problems arising from disease, trauma, etc.
• Oral Pathology and Medicine: identification of oral disease and pathology.
• Oral Radiology: radiologic interpretation of disease processes which affect the teeth and jaws.
• Orthodontics: correction of facial and dental irregularities.
• Paediatric Dentistry: dentistry for children and the handicapped.
• Periodontology: treatment of dental supporting tissue.
• Prosthodontics: replacement of missing teeth or bone structure.

Specialty dental education may be combined with a Ph.D. for those seeking a research/academic career as a clinician-scientist.

4. Graduate (Research) Programs. The University of Toronto offers M.Sc. and Ph.D. level education in all biomedical research fields relevant to dentistry. These programs are open to dentists and non-dentists alike. The Dental Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto has strong research groups in the following areas Behavioural Science and Health Services Research; Biomaterials; Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technologies; Growth, Development and Regeneration of Soft and Hard Connective Tissues; Health Care Services; Molecular Approaches to the Study of Oral Health and Disease, and Pain/Neurosciences.
5. University Teaching. Through its M.Sc. and Ph.D. programs the Faculty of Dentistry offers a unique opportunity for advanced training in both the basic sciences relevant to dentistry and clinical practice, preparing students for a career in dental education. Many graduates also return to the Faculty of Dentistry as part-time demonstrators and instructors, helping to train the next generation of dentists.