General Dentistry Goals and Objectives

  1. To provide the first-year general practice resident with a didactic and clinical experience on a post-graduate level in all dental specialties.
  2. To prepare our general practice residents to develop the skills to act as primary oral health care providers for a wide variety of diverse patients, including those patients with special physical, mental and emotional needs.
  3. To provide our general practice residents with advanced clinical training and education in pain and anxiety control management and an overview of sedation techniques.
  4. To teach our general practice residents how to function effectively within the hospital and other health care settings as well as how to function effectively as part of an inter-disciplinary health care team.
  5. To provide didactic and clinical training to allow our general practice residents to be competent in physical and medical assessment as well as the recognition and management of dental and medical emergencies.
  6. To train our general practice residents in the fundamentals of infection control, risk management, practice management, professional ethics continuous quality assessment and improvement and acceptance of cultural diversity in professional practice.
  7. To educate our general practice residents to understand the oral health care needs of communities and engage them in community service.
  8. To train our general practice residents to apply scientific principles to learning, including critical thinking with regard to journal review and the use of evidenced-base medicine and dentistry when developing clinical decisions.

Optional Second Year GPR Program Goals and Objectives

The general practice resident after successfully completing a second year General Practice Residency at The Brooklyn Hospital Center will:

  1. Be proficient and competent in the diagnosis and conservative treatment of patients with temperiomandibular pain disorders.
  2. Be competent in basic implant surgical placement and restoration.
  3. Be competent in diagnosing and managing patients with complex dental prosthetic reconstruction requirements, with special emphasis placed on esthetic/cosmetic restorations.
  4. Be competent in management of anxious patients utilizing various forms of conscious sedation modalities.
  5. Be capable of diagnosis and management of patients with mild to moderate periodontal disease.