Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study /Master of Science in Dentistry in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

The overall goal of the Advanced Orthodontic Training Program is to educate competent individuals to practice orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics. This 36-month combined MSD and certificate program in orthodontics is designed to satisfy the training requirements of the Council on Dental Education and Licensure of the American Dental Association as well as complete the requirements for a Master of Science degree in Dentistry. The curriculum is arranged so that approximately half the time is devoted to clinical training. The remainder of the program is devoted to lectures and seminars in the basic sciences and clinical subjects related to orthodontics as well as research. The master's degree requirements include a research project, its defense, and a publishable manuscript.
The intent of the program is to educate students to become competent clinicians who can successfully analyze and treat dentofacial deformities.
Emphasis is placed on craniofacial growth and development, cephalometrics, biomechanics, occlusion, and neuromuscular physiology.
The program provides the formal educational requirements as well as patient cases for the examinations of the American Board of Orthodontics.

Learning Outcomes
Students will be competent clinicians and will demonstrate evidence-based knowledge and techniques in diagnosis and treatment planning and competency in technical skills.
Students will demonstrate the ability to think critically in evaluation of the scientific literature, leading to a hypothesis-based research project culminating in a thesis.
Students will be competent in patient management with patients of all ages.
Students will demonstrate the ability to provide quality patient care in the specialty of orthodontics.

TOEFL is required for all applicants whose first language is not English. TOEFL minimums are 90 iBT or 550 PBT.
To be considered for admission to a postdoctoral program at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM), an applicant must hold a U.S./Canadian DMD or DDS or its BDS international equivalent. Current predoctoral students may start the application process during the final year of their programs, but they must receive their dental degree before they can matriculate into a postdoctoral program.