Penn Dental Medicine

Academic Programs & Admissions

Graduate Dental Education Programs » Periodontic Residency

Program Director: Dr. Joseph P. Fiorellini, contact

Program Overview

Approved by the American Dental Association, the periodontic residency program is designed to provide postdoctoral students with advanced training in periodontics and implantology. Upon successful completion of the program, students are issued a certificate in periodontics and are qualified for examination by the American Board of Periodontology.

In addition to the core basic science courses required for all graduate students, the department arranges further basic science courses related to periodontics. Other features of the program include clinical seminars, planned reading seminars, interschool symposia, and an extensive guest lecture series.

The highly respected research environment at Penn Dental Medicine and throughout the University of Pennsylvania provides a valuable opportunity for students applying to residency programs to combine their specialty training with advanced research and academic opportunities. To that end, Penn Dental Medicine offers a Master of Science in Oral Biology (MSOB) and a Doctor of Science in Dentistry (DScD) that can be earned concurrent with a specialty certificate, preparing students to successfully enter the field of academic dentistry while also becoming skilled clinicians in specialty care. Through the MSOB and DScD programs, students are encouraged to pursue their individual research interests with projects that can span the diverse disciplines and research labs within Penn Dental Medicine’s basic and clinical sciences and across the University.

Academic Track: MSOB and certificate (3 years), DScD and certificate (5 years)
Clinical Certificate Track: certificate only (3 years)

Clinical Education

This program has a strong clinical component. Students are exposed to all facets of clinical periodontics, including complex restorative treatment, periodontal prosthesis, tooth movement and adjunctive orthodontics, orthodontics for periodontically-involved cases, periodontal surgery, implant therapy, and integration of all facets of complex dentistry.

Program Faculty

Program Director

Standing Faculty

Academic Support Staff/Associated Faculty

  • Roberto Abundo, MD, DDS

    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Periodontics

  • Morton Amsterdam, DDS, DS

    Professor Emeritus

  • Jean Pierre Arnoux, DDS

    Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Harold S. Baumgarten, DMD

    Clinical Professor

  • Robert M. Benedon, DMD

    Clinical Professor

  • Herbert Brilliant, DDS

    Clinical Associate Professor

  • I. Stephen Brown, DDS

    Clinical Professor

  • Howard Buckwald, DMD

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Periodontics

  • Bernard Calem, DMD

    Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Gail G. Childers, DMD

    Clinical Assistant Professor

  • M. Alexandre Cho, DDS

    Clinical Assistant Professor

  • D. Walter Cohen, DDS

    Professor Emeritus

  • Giuseppe Corrente, MD, DDS

    Adjunct Professor

  • Harold DeHaven, DDS

    Clinical Professor

  • Joseph Greenberg, DMD

    Clinical Professor

  • Stephanie Gross, DDS

    Clinical Associate Professor

  • Stephanie Gross, DDS

    Clinical Associate Professor

  • Daniel Sok Woong Han, DMD

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Periodontics

  • Uri Hangorsky, DDS, MS

    Clinical Professor

  • David Hazzouri, DMD

    Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Irena Jug-Weiss, DMD

    Clinical Associate
    Department of Preventive & Restorative Science

  • Wen-Kai Kao, DDS, MS,DMD

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Periodontics

  • Barry Kayne, DDS

    Clinical Associate Professor

  • Yongkun Kim, DMD

    Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Daniel Kubikian, DMD

    Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Atsushi Kubota, DDS, PhD

    Adjunct Professor

  • Chern-Hsiung Lai, PhD, DMD

    Adjunct Professor

  • Kenneth Laudenbach, DDS

    Clinical Professor

  • Ernesto Lee, DMD

    Clinical Professor of Periodontics
    Director, Postdoctoral Periodontic/Prosthesis Program

  • Barry Paul Levin, DMD

    Clinical Associate Professor

  • Robert Levine, DDS

    Clinical Associate Professor

  • Richard Levitt, DMD

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Periodontics

  • Max Listgarten, DDS

    Professor Emeritus

  • Edward Allen Marcus, DDS

    Clinical Associate Professor

  • Louis Robert Marion, DMD, MS

    Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Oscar Gonzalez Martin, DDS

    Adjunct Assistant Professor

  • Alan M. Meltzer, DMD, MScD

    Clinical Professor

  • Alan Morris, DMD

    Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Jeffrey M. Morton, DMD

    Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Mana Nejadi, DMD

    Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Myron Nevins, DDS

    Clinical Professor

  • Jonathan H. Orenstein, DMD

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Periodontics

  • Bhaskar Ponugoti, PhD

    Research Associate
    Department of Periodontics

  • Bhaskar Ponugoti, PhD

    Research Associate
    Department of Periodontics

  • Louis Rose, DDS, MD

    Clinical Professor

  • Leslie M. Salkin, DDS

    Clinical Professor

  • Peter Schupbach, PhD

    Adjunct Professor

  • David R. Silver, BA, DMD

    Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Mark Bennett Snyder, DMD

    Clinical Associate Professor

  • Neil Starr, DDS

    Clinical Associate Professor

  • Arthur Steinberg, DMD

    Clinical Professor

  • Mehmet Ilhan Uzel, DMD

    Clinical Associate Professor

  • Keisuke Wada, DDS, PhD, DMSc

    Instructor

  • Elana Walker, DMD

    Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Arnold Weisgold, DDS

    Adjunct Professor

  • Eric C. Weiss, DMD

    Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Weidong Yang, BDSc, PhD

    Senior Fellow

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