Master of Science in Dental Public Health

The MS program is a minimum of two terms and is designed for dental hygienists, therapists, and dental assistants to develop and enhance the managerial and analytical skills essential to attain leadership roles in today's changing dental healthcare field. Career-oriented applications of knowledge, theory, and experience are an integral part of the curriculum, including biostatistics, epidemiology, research methods, dental healthcare management, and finance. A project or practicum of the student's choice is a significant part of the program, because learning by experience teaches additional skills important in career settings. Projects may include survey design and analysis, educational program development, community program planning, implementation, and evaluation, media development, and marketing/public relations. Graduates of this program will be sufficiently trained to play an active leadership role in a wide range of career venues, including, but not limited to, public and private sector dental care delivery, dental education, research, and government. Applicants must be educationally qualified in dental hygiene, dental therapy, or dental assisting, and should have a bachelor's degree.

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.