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Overall Program Goals and Objectives

1. Provide high quality comprehensive general dental care, and resident education beyond that achieved as an undergraduate, for healthy and medically compromised patients, integrating all phases of dentistry in providing that care.
2. Make sound judgments in examination, diagnosis, treatment, planning and decision-making during the course of patient treatment, incorporating good patient and staff management principles.
3. Act as the primary dental care provider for healthy and medically compromised patients; coordinate the service of dental specialists and other health care professionals.
4. Function efficiently in the hospital setting, providing care for individuals with complex medical and social backgrounds.
5. Understand the oral health needs of the community and engage in community service.

University Hospital

As Cincinnati's first hospital, University Hospital opened in 1823 to serve the city’s residents continues in this mission to the community today. It was the first hospital in the United States established primarily for teaching purposes. Today, many of our physicians are professors at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, one of the top 50 medical schools in the country. Access to the latest technological procedures and clinical trial medications, ensures the best quality of care for our patients.

University Hospital, a 440-bed hospital, serves nearly 375,000 patients annually with primary care services and an extensive list of specialized inpatient and outpatient care services. University Hospital is part of the Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, an integrated health care system.

For several years, University Hospital has placed patient care programs among the nation’s best in the prestigious U.S.News & World Report annual guide to “America’s Best Hospitals.” The U.S.News & World Report “America’s Best Hospitals” ranks care for 17 specialties at hospitals nationwide. University Hospital is also the area’s only Level I Trauma Center.

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The Dental Center

The Dental Center at University Hospital is a state-of-the-art facility, featuring direct and indirect digital radiography, computerized scheduling and record keeping and intraoral cameras. The 10 treatment room facility includes all support areas such as conference room, residents room, lab and sterilization room. Construction of the 6,500 sq. ft. Dental Center was completed in February 2004.

AEGD Residency Program

Certificate Program:

The Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency Program at University Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, is a one-year educational program and is the only general dental residency program in the greater Cincinnati area. The program provides clinical, didactic and hospital experience at the postdoctoral level, with five residents a year. This experience will prepare residents for the practice of comprehensive general dentistry. Residents will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the term.

• Beginning date: July 1, each year
• PASS participant: Yes
• PASS deadline: Approximately Nov. 1, each year

Accreditation status:

The advanced education in general dentistry program is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation and has been granted the accreditation status of approval without reporting requirements. The Commission is a specialized accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of Education. The Commission on Dental Accreditation can be contacted at 312-440-4653 or at 211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611.

Tuition, Stipend, Benefits:

There is no tuition associated with the certificate program. The stipend for the 2007-2008 year is $44,600. Residents are eligible for full benefits through the Health Alliance, including medical and dental insurance, life insurance and long-term disability and professional liability insurance. Residents may also choose to participate in a 401(k) retirement plan and flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent daycare.

Requirements to apply:

• Must have passed Part I, National Dental Board Examination.
• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Must be a graduate of a U.S. or Canadian dental school.
• Must report postdoctoral Dental Match Program Code to PASS.
• Must submit 2" x 2" photograph directly to the program (not to PASS).
• Must contact program prior to submitting application AFTER the program’s deadline.

PASS Requirements for the Program:

• Required number of evaluation forms: 3
• Recommended evaluations: One must be from clinical faculty.
• Attributes to be evaluated: Quality of clinical knowledge, initiative, reliability, attitude toward learning new skills and interpersonal skills.

Requirements before enrollment in program:

• Must have passed Parts I and II, National Dental Board Examination.
• Must have earned a D.M.D./D.D.S. degree, or equivalent.
• Must submit official dental school transcript directly to the program (not to PASS).
• Must submit an original dental school diploma directly to the program (not to PASS).
• Must have a limited permit.

Curriculum

The Advanced Education in General Dentistry program provides educational training and hospital experience in all aspects of comprehensive general dentistry. Some highlights of the program include:

1. Majority of a resident’s time is spent in the Dental Center practicing general dentistry.
2. One half-day per week rotation in pediatric dentistry at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
3. One half-day per week rotation in oral surgery at the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center at University Hospital.
4. Two-week rotation in the anesthesia service.
5. General dentistry in the operating room for special needs patients who require general anesthesia.
6. Implant restorative dentistry - didactic and clinical
7. Rotary endodontics
8. Didactics including Anesthesia/Medicine course, practice management series, dental specialty lectures (TMD, esthetic dentistry, oral pathology, pedo, endo, perio, pros, etc)
9. Practice management software - scheduling, charting, progress notes, radiographs, treatment planning, billing
10. ACLS
11. Exposure to Geriatric Dentistry, Orthodontics and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics

AEGD Staff

Jerome E. McMahon, D.D.S., is the Director of the University Hospital Dental Center. Dr. McMahon received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Case Western Reserve University and then completed an Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) residency at Ft. Benning, Georgia. He is the founding director of the AEGD program at the University Hospital Dental Center and holds the rank of assistant professor in the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Dentistry at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Dr. McMahon is a fellow of both the American Association of Hospital Dentists, and the Academy of General Dentistry. Additionally, he is a Diplomate of the American Board of Special Care Dentistry and a retired Lt Colonel US Air Force Reserve Dental Corps. He is a member of the American Dental Association, the Ohio Dental Association and the Cincinnati Dental Society.

Attendings

In addition to the full-time dentist staff, The Dental Center has a number of part-time attendings from the local dental community. This part-time attending staff provides a wealth of experience with a private practice perspective. The part-time attendings that have assigned clinical time for supervision of resident patient care and resident education include two endodontists, two periodontists, a prosthodontist, and four general dentists. The pediatric dentistry and oral and maxillofacial surgery programs provide specialist attending coverage when an AEGD resident is on rotation to those services.

Support Staff

The Dental Center has more than adequate staffing to support resident education and patient treatment. This includes front desk staff, an insurance/billing coordinator, as well as dental assistants. Each AEGD resident has an assigned dental assistant for all patients care in the Dental Center. Additionally, a residency program coordinator is on staff for administrative support of the AEGD program and resident education.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The University Hospital and the Health Alliance is an equal opportunity employer, which means that we strive to ensure equal access to workplace opportunities for all individuals, without regard to any dimension of their diversity, based on merit. Creating a diverse workforce that is reflective on all levels of the organization of the demographics of our communities and the available, qualified candidate pool is a top priority for the University Hospital and the entire Health Alliance.

More Information

For more information about the program or the application process, please call, fax or e-mail us at:
Phone: 513-584-6660
Fax: 513-584-6661
E-mail: jerome.mcmahon@healthall.com

234 Goodman Street
Cincinnati, OH 45219
513-584-1000
www.UniversityHospitalCincinnati.com