New Jersey Dental School
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| UMDNJ - New Jersey Dental School | |
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| Established | 1956 |
| Type | Public |
| Dean | Cecile A. Feldman, D.M.D., M.B.A. |
| Students | 375 |
| Location | Newark, State of New Jersey |
| Campus | urban |
| Website | http://dentalschool.umdnj.edu |
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New Jersey Dental School (NJDS) is one of eight schools that form the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Established in 1956, the dental school is located in the University Heights neighborhood in city of Newark, New Jersey and is one of only two public dental schools in the New York metropolitan area. Admission to New Jersey Dental School is consistently highly competitive. Ninety students enrolled in the class of 2015, selected from over 2,200 applicants. The 2011 entering class had an average undergraduate GPA of 3.7 and mean DAT score of 20 (~90th percentile) [1] with many students hailing from esteemed institutions such as Harvard University, Columbia University, Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University and Rutgers University. With a clinical curriculum that far exceeds national requirements, NJDS has a gained a reputation for producing highly prepared graduates with excellent clinical skills.
[edit] 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
• Master's degree in oral biology
Specialty Graduate Dental Education
• endodontics
• oral medicine
• oral surgery, four-year and six-year programs
• orthodontics
• pedodontics (pediatric Dentistry)
• periodontics
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Coordinates: 40°44′29″N 74°11′25″W / 40.741388°N 74.190352°W
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