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University of Toronto
Advanced Education Program in Endodontics
Street address: 124 Edward St.
City, state and zip: Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1G6
Program director: Shimon Friedman, D.M.D.
Department/section chair: Shimon Friedman, D.M.D.
Predoctoral director: Andres Plazas-Garzon, D.D.S.
Contact person: Endodontics discipline secretary
Phone: 416/979-4911, ext. 4401
Fax: 416/979-4936
E-mail: endodontics@dentistry@utoronto.ca
Program Web site: www.utoronto.ca/dentistry/facultyresearch/units/endodontics.html
Application method: Directly to Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto
Application submission: Web site and hard copy
Application deadline: July 1
Application fee: $200 (CDN)
Application Web site(s): https://apply.sgs.utoronto.ca/
Annual start date: September 1
Accreditation status: Approval
Full-time faculty members: 4
Part-time faculty members: 19
Full-time Board certified: 2 (Fellows of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada)
Part-time Board certified: 19 (Fellows and members of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada)
Volunteer: 0
Volunteer Board certified: 0
Accept foreign-trained dentists? Yes
Degrees/certificates offered: M.Sc.
Length of program in months: 34 months
State license required? No, educational license provided
Must the license be from the state where the sponsoring institution is located? No, educational license provided
Prerequisites: dental degree
Number of endodontic resident slots: 9 in total
Ratio of acceptance to applicants: Approximately 1:10 to 1:15
Tuition per year: $18,142 - 38,621 (CDN)
Fees per year
(if not included in tuition above):
$2,069 (CDN)
Microscope: Purchase of optics is required
Salary amount:
Stipend amount: Limited scholoarship funding is available on a rotation basis
Required graduate preclinical technique course: Yes, course is part of the curriculum
First-year enrollment: 3
Percent of time spent in courses/lectures/seminars: 10 - 24%
Percent of time spent in research: 25 - 54%
Percent of time spent in clinical care: 35 - 50%
Percent of time spent in teaching: 1%
Percent of time spent on-call and/or in emergency clinic: 0%
Clinical setting: Dental school
Affiliated institution: Hospital for Sick Children
Average number of nonsurgical procedures completed per resident: 190
Research requirements: Defense of M.Sc. thesis; published article
Residency programs available in other dental specialties at sponsoring institution:
  • Prosthodontics
  • Periodontics
  • Paediatric Dentistry
  • Orthodontics
  • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
  • Oral Pathology
  • Public Dental Health