Pediatric Dentistry

Interim Chair, Nanci Tofsky

Residency Program Director, R. Glenn Rosivack

Professors: Nanci S. Tofsky, Evan Spivack

Assistant Professor: Mark Robinson

Clinical Professors: R. Glenn Rosivack, Jorge H. Caceda, Melvyn Oppenheim

Clinical Assistant Professors: Mary J. Burke, Gerald Guzy, Madhu Mohan, Frank Ferrara, Hisham Merdad, Ryan Scally

Adjunct Clinical Associate Professors: Zia Shey, Lawrence Dobrin, Mario Ramos

Adjunct Clinical Instructors: Thomas Butler, Mannie Levi, Michal Gold-Rosenbach

Visiting Professor: Ari Kupietzky

Emeritus Professor: Milton I. Houpt

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Pediatric dentistry is an age-defined specialty that provides both primary and comprehensive preventive and therapeutic oral health care for infants and children through adolescence including those with special health care needs.

Pediatric Dentistry. The didactic course in pediatric dentistry is presented in the junior academic year. During the fall trimester, an introduction to basic techniques is offered which includes patient management, diet counseling, local anesthesia, restorative procedures, space management, pulp therapy and treatment of trauma. During the spring trimester, advanced areas of pediatric dentistry are presented including treatment planning, sedation, nitrous oxide analgesia and treatment of handicapped patients.

Pediatric Dentistry Clinic I & II. Students are rotated to the Department of Pediatric Dentistry Clinic one half-day each week. During the junior year, the student performs routine procedures; during the senior year, the student receives experience with more complex procedures, including the treatment of the handicapped.

Postdoctoral training is also available in Pediatric Dentistry