Periodontics Residency Program
Periodontics Residency Program
Program Overview
- Projected state date: July 2027
- Length of program: three years (full-time specialty training program)
- Two positions available (PGY1)
Graduate Medical Education (GME) trainees receive annual stipends. Stipend levels are reviewed and adjusted each year. The FY26 Stipend Letter indicates the stipend levels for the upcoming academic year for PGY1 is $72,841.
Benefits:
- life insurance
- disability insurance
- health insurance
- dental insurance
- 15 working days of paid leave
- five working days of sick leave
- malpractice insurance
- automatic enrollment in Utah's state retirement plan
- reduced tuition
- bookstore discount
Additional Program Benefits:
- safe sedation training
- advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS)
- Utah Dental Association (UDA) meeting registration
- reduced tuition for CE courses
Applicants must have a professional dental degree from an ADA accredited dental college or school with a degree designation of Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD).
Applicants must have a valid license to practice within the United States of America or be licensed as such by the time they are to begin their postgraduate program.
Once accepted, a Utah dental license is required to participate in the program.
At the present time, foreign trained dentist (non-U.S. or non-Canadian dental degrees) are not being accepted for the postgraduate training programs due to licensing restrictions.
A complete application for postgraduate training includes the following components:
- Application through the Postdoctoral Application Support Service (PASS)
- National Matching Services (NMS) aka “The Match”: After applying through ADEA PASS; applicants must also register for the NMS match, which uses an algorithm to match applicants to programs
- Notification: The results of the match are released on a specific date, and matched applicants are notified of their program assignments
Other Specialty Program Plans
- Endodontics: 2029
- Oral Maxillofacial Surgery: 2030
- Prosthodontics: 2031