Overview
The Periodontics Residency Program at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is a three-year, full-time specialty-training program designed to prepare dentists for careers in clinical periodontics, research, and teaching. You will be trained in preventing, diagnosing, and treating periodontal diseases, abnormalities, and conditions, as well as assessing and managing the relationships between periodontal diseases and systemic health. Additionally, you will experience this advanced education with surgical clinical experiences in both periodontology and implantology, utilizing the most current instrumentation and techniques.
Accreditation
The program fulfills the training requirements as defined by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association.
Certification
After successfully completing the program, you are eligible to take the certifying examination offered by the American Board of Periodontology.
Program history
The Periodontics Residency began in 1966. We anticipate that one trainee will complete this program annually.
Learn more about the history of Mayo Clinic's Department of Dental Specialties.
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