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University of California at Los Angeles
Advanced Education Program in Endodontics
Street address: 10833 Leconte Avenue, Box 951668
City, state, zip: Los Angeles, CA 90095-1668
Program director: Nadia Chugal, D.D.S., M.S.
Department/section chair: Gerald Longhurst, D.D.S.
Predoctoral director: N/A
Contact person: Maxcine Young
Phone: 310/825-5248
Fax: 310/794-4900
E-mail: myoung@dentistry.ucla.edu
Program Web site: www.dent.ucla.edu/Divisions/index.asp?id=35
Application method: PASS
Application submission: Hard copy
Application deadline: September 1
Application fee: None
Application Web site(s): N/A
Annual start date: July 1
Accreditation status: A1
(Approval without reporting requirements)
Full-time faculty members: 3
Part-time faculty members: 5
Full-time Board certified: 1
Part-time Board certified: 0
Volunteer: 12
Volunteer Board certified: 5
Accept foreign-trained dentists? No
Degrees/certificates offered:
  • Certificate
  • M.S.
  • Ph.D.
Length of program in months:
  • Certificate: 24
  • M.S.: 24
  • Ph.D.: 48 or more
State license required? No
Must the license be from the state where the sponsoring institution is located? N/A
Prerequisites:
  • Dental degree from any national or international dental school
  • Number of required letters of recommendation
  • Class rank
  • National Board scores along with minimum score,
    if required
  • Photo
Ratio of acceptance to applicants: 1-to-16
Tuition per year: None
Fees per year
(if not included in tuition above):
None
Microscope: Provided
Salary amount: $0
Stipend amount: $20,000
Required graduate preclinical technique course: Yes
First-year enrollment: Certificate
Percent of time spent in courses/lectures/seminars: 30%
Percent of time spent in research: 5%
Percent of time spent in clinical care: 60%
Percent of time spent in teaching: 5-10%
Percent of time spent on-call and/or in emergency clinic: 15%
Clinical setting: Dental school
Affiliated institution: N/A
Average number of nonsurgical procedures completed per resident: More than 250
Research requirements: Published paper
Residency programs available in other dental specialties at sponsoring institution:
  • Pediatric Dentistry
  • Prosthodontics
  • Orthodontics
  • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Periodontics