Resident Evaluation of Orthodontic Programs in Canada. Hechter, D. M. D., M. Sc., M. Ed., Ph. D.. Nicholas E. Karaiskos, B. Sc., D. D. S., M. Postdoctoral Dental Matching Program. The Postdoctoral Dental Matching Program (the 'Match') places applicants into positions for the first year of training in the. Faculty members in orthodontic residency programs also reviewed the survey and. Home / OMOP Postgraduate Hospital Residency Program / About the OMOP Program. Sc., FRCD(C) and. William A. James Noble, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Dentistry, Preventive. Dental Science, 7. Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3. Dental Anesthesiology Residency Program Requirements. Applicants for the two-year dental anesthesiology residency program must have graduated from a United States or. Departments + Programs. NYU Lutheran Dental Medicine is the largest postdoctoral dental residency program in the world. Residency programs for pediatric dentistry across the United States. Review a list of programs provided by state hospitals, universities, and medical centers.N 0. W3 Canada; 4. An anonymous online questionnaire was sent to all Canadian orthodontic residents in November. Data were assembled and categorized by different variables, and chi- square comparative analyses were performed. Forty- four. out of fifty- four residents responded, giving a participation rate of 8. Overall, 8. 6. 3. Respondents said they felt they received the appropriate amount of formal didactic. All residents indicated their programs offered training in numerous. All responding residents indicated they will complete more than thirty patients. Residents said they. Only 5. 0 percent said their programs contained care for disabled or underserved patients. We conclude from. Canadian orthodontic residents are satisfied with the didactic, clinical, and research aspects of their programs. Each program accepts three or four residents annually, and the. All programs have a compulsory research component, and residents. Royal College of Dentists of Canada (RCDC) board examination. Residents. in all Canadian programs are also eligible to take the American Board of Orthodontics (ABO) examination and become board- certified. There has been a. United States and Canada. These. investigations were sponsored by the American Association of Orthodontics (AAO) Council on Education for the purpose of determining. These surveys were comprehensive and covered a variety of areas of graduate orthodontic education including program organization. The number of patient starts of orthodontic residents also increased steadily. These recent surveys found that residents treated more patients in the mixed. The number of functional appliance patients. It was also found that most. Most programs use a variety of different band/bracket manufacturers, with very few restricted to only one. Interdisciplinary. The study also investigated the overall satisfaction of orthodontic residents with their programs. Program chairs from each of the. Canadian orthodontic programs were contacted for consent for their residents to participate in a survey containing forty- one. Several orthodontic residents completed. The survey was not formally assessed for validity and reliability. This article reports responses from residents. It was. stressed to the residents in the email and questionnaire that the survey was completely anonymous, that responses could not. Reminders were sent to residents who had not completed the survey. The questionnaire was divided into. Basic statistics. A response rate of 8. A total of thirty males (6. Most residents (9. Chi- square. analysis resulted in no statistically significant differences between the age categories (< 2. In addition to their dental degree (D. M. D. Seven (1. 5 percent) did not have. The majority of residents (8. Figure 1. Six residents (1. Figure 1. Satisfaction of orthodontic residents with their programs. All forty- four respondents indicated that their programs offer exposure and training to numerous orthodontic treatment philosophies. Yet 3. 2 percent (fourteen) said that although these academic components were included in their. Forty- one residents (9. Furthermore, thirty- two. Eleven. (2. 5 percent) indicated that they expected to start and complete more than seventy patients (Figure 2. Residents were also asked how many orthognathic surgery patients, extraction patients, non- extraction patients, and adults. These results are presented. Table 1. Residents estimated that they would treat an average of 1. The questionnaire. Only 5. 0 percent (twenty- two) said their program included care for disabled. Seventy- three percent of residents indicated that they felt there was a fair balance between the. A total of 4. 1 percent said that. Residents were asked to identify the dental specialties they have collaborated with most in their training. Residents indicated that most of their collaboration was with. Figure 3. In addition, there are no published studies that assess the overall satisfaction. The current study is unique in that it provided orthodontic residents with the. The amount of time in the curriculum dedicated to research has declined as has the number of residents. The research component has been diminished to reflect the increase in time dedicated to treating patients. The authors of that study assert that this may be due to residents wanting to graduate with more clinical experience and. Moreover, other international leaders in education assert that there is a greater emphasis being placed on clinical training. Our study is part of a comprehensive questionnaire given to Canadian orthodontic residents. The responses reflect residents’. Through email correspondence and the questionnaire itself, residents were clearly informed that this was an. To ensure this anonymity, responses were not grouped by program but were collected, analyzed, and interpreted as a whole. The assurance of anonymity. This finding suggests that. Canada are meeting the subjective needs of their residents. However, it is noteworthy that. Since identifying. If dissatisfaction exists within a program, information that is discovered would assist. Follow- up of this nature may be helpful to Canadian orthodontic. All residents. indicated that their program successfully offered training in a number of treatment philosophies. Most residents (6. Yet. a significant number of residents (fourteen, 3. This, however, may not be favored by residents who are content with the amount of clinic- based training they. Increasing time dedicated to didactics may also not be popular with program directors as their overall revenue will. Another solution is to extend the program length or find additional time within the program for formal education. Alternatively, residents may need to undertake an increased amount of self- directed. There. was not a single resident who indicated he or she had received inadequate clinical training, although three said there was. Canadian orthodontic residents also indicated that they feel adequately prepared to provide orthodontic treatment. It should be recognized that these are individual subjective assessments of their clinical ability and that. The limitation of asking residents to self- assess their capacity for. Most residents (7. Therefore, residents were supportive of the requirement to complete a master of science degree that is a mandatory. Canada. This may be further evidence that there. Canadian orthodontic programs. The ability to start and finish this number of. Residents. in twenty- four- to thirty- month programs, however, would likely not have the ability to finish as many patients, and therefore. This limited. clinical exposure may limit residents’ clinical knowledge, ability, and expertise at the time of graduation. Newly qualified. orthodontists from shorter programs may thus be at a clinical disadvantage, particularly if they enter solo practice, until. The average number of orthognathic surgery patients that program directors indicated residents. AAO study in 1. 99. However, a direct comparison between Canadian and U. S. The average time required to start and finish an. Therefore, it may be inferred that on average Canadian. U. S. This response is interesting since it would. Canadian orthodontic residents would treatment plan and start more orthognathic surgery patients since surgical. There was also. one resident who indicated that he or she would start and finish only one orthognathic surgery patient, likely not enough. They indicated that they started. This result compares favorably with the adult non- surgery patients (average. AAO survey. 5 Similar to orthognathic surgery patients, there was one resident who indicated that he or she would start and finish only. It may be prudent for all program. This patient audit combined with regular discussions with residents can identify. This strategy will result in residents’ graduating with more. Based on the 1. 99. AAO survey, Canadian residents start and finish more than three times the average. U. S. In most instances, patients of lower socioeconomic status are unable to access oral health care because they cannot. Canada. Some seek oral health care at reduced costs for. The majority of residents did. The AAO survey in 1. Communication and collaboration with a team including general dental specialists and medical colleagues are fundamental to. Residents indicated that they collaborate most frequently with oral surgeons, followed by periodontists and prosthodontists. These programs can be implemented even in the absence of other graduate specialty programs by organizing. They receive comprehensive training with. The survey. findings suggest that orthodontic programs in Canada are deficient in providing care to underserved populations and disabled. The findings also indicate that programs could improve in increasing the opportunity for orthodontic residents to. Enhanced collaboration and communication with. Jason Noble, the program directors, and the residents who participated in this study. Footnotes. Dr. Noble is a part- time Clinical Instructor, Department of Preventive Dental Science, Division of Orthodontics, Faculty of. Dentistry, University of Manitoba, Staff Orthodontist, Bloorview Kids Rehab, Toronto, and in private practice in Toronto. Ontario, Canada; Dr. Hechter is Professor of Orthodontics, Department of Preventive Dental Science, Division of Orthodontics. Faculty of Dentistry, University of Manitoba; Dr. Karaiskos is in private practice in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; and Dr. Wiltshire. is Professor and Head of Orthodontics and Head of the Department of Preventive Dental Science, University of Manitoba. Direct. correspondence and requests for reprints to Dr. James Noble, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Dentistry, Preventive Dental. Search for Dental Programs. Below is a listing of all CODA- accredited dental and dental- related education programs. Filter your choice by selecting one of the Programs on the left: Predoctoral (DDS/DMD) Dental Education Programs or Allied Dental Education Programs or Advanced Dental Education Programs. After you select a Program, you may also select one or more specific Program Type(s) that interest you. Once those selections are made, the results will display (in order by state). 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