The New Jersey Dental School is one of eight schools that form the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey is the state-run health sciences institution of New Jersey, United States. It has eight distinct academic units...

. This dental school is located in the city of Newark, New Jersey

Newark, New Jersey

Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...

, and it was established in the year 1956.

Education

New Jersey Dental School offers the following academic programs:

D.M.D. Program

A four-year program leading to the Doctor of Dental Medicine degree.

Graduate Dental Education

• General Practice Residency

General Practice Residency

There are two forms of institution-based training for general dentistry available for dental school graduates in the United States:* General practice residency, often abbreviated as GPR...

• Master's degree

Master's degree

A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...

 in oral biology

Oral microbiology

Oral microbiology is the study of the microorganisms of the oral cavity and the interactions between the oral microorganisms with each other and with the host. Of particular interest is the role of oral microorganisms in the two major dental diseases: dental caries and periodontal disease.The mouth...

Specialty Graduate Dental Education

• endodontics

Endodontics

Endodontics is one of the dental specialties recognized by the American Dental Association, Royal College of Dentists of Canada, and Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons, and deals with the tooth pulp and the tissues surrounding the root of a tooth...

 

• oral medicine

Oral medicine

Oral medicine is the dental specialty placed at the interface between medicine and dentistry.- Scope :Oral medicine is concerned with diagnosis and non-surgical management of non-dental pathology affecting the oral and maxillofacial region, such as oral lichen planus, Behçet's disease and pemphigus...

 

• oral surgery

Oral Surgery

Oral Surgery is a recognized international specialty in dentistry. It includes the diagnosis, surgical and related treatment of diseases, injuries and defects involving both the functional and esthetic aspects of the hard and soft tissues of the head, mouth, teeth, gums, jaws and neck.It involves,...

, four-year and six-year programs

• orthodontics

Orthodontics

Orthodontics, orthodontia, or orthodonture is the first specialty of dentistry that is concerned with the study and treatment of malocclusions , which may be a result of tooth irregularity, disproportionate jaw relationships, or both...

 

• pedodontics (pediatric Dentistry)

• periodontics 

Alumni

Class of 2011

• Joseph Albanese
• Steve Albert

Steve Albert

Steve Albert is a sportscaster. He has served as a play-by-play announcer for the New Jersey Nets, New Orleans Hornets, Golden State Warriors, New York Mets, and Cleveland Cavaliers...

• Joshua Austein
• Brian C. Bialiy

Brian C. Bialiy

Brian C. Bialiy worked on and appeared in the award-winning documentary The Staten Island Catapult. Starring as the Angry White Man, Brian poignantly portrays a disgruntled and confounded commuter confronted by the 'latest' in cross-borough transportation....

• John P. Castronova
• Abraham Chen
• Dean Chencharik
• Randy Davis
• Karen Soochung Kwak
• Abraham Ganz

Ábrahám Ganz

Ábrahám Ganz was a Swiss-born Hungarian iron manufacturer, machine and technical engineer, father of the Ganz companies....

• Allison Gordon
• Marisa L. Handelman
• Brian Musetti
• Nilay Patel

Nilay Patel

Nilay Patel is a technology journalist. Former managing editor of Engadget, he left in 2011 and went on to become managing editor of The Verge.- External links :* *...

• Adam Postel
• Craig S. Weinstein

External links

• New Jersey Dental School