"The Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) program provides advanced training in clinical dentistry and applied basic sciences. It is a planned, sequential postdoctoral training program specifically designed to meet the needs of recent graduates who want to enhance their skills as general practitioners" (ADA).
How long is an AEGD?
12 months
What students wished they knew before applying:
Types of procedures, day in the life, information about the didactic aspect, size of the clinic and staff, number of other residents, how patients find the clinic and pay for treatment, how scheduling is done, amount of collaboration with peers and other dentists, patient population and distribution among residents, treatment planning autonomy, requirements to complete the program
Why do an AEGD?
Correlated directly with working in private practice
Allows for the experience of working as an associate dentist with formal mentorship and feedback
Additional structured training in all areas of general dentistry
Allows you to build your resume
Why not do an AEGD?
Compensation at an AEGD is typically lower than going straight into practice
No exposure to the hospital environment
Statistics of Accepted Applicants
Rank
Class of 2023: #14-134, avg 76
Class of 2022: #6-135, avg 75
Average GPA
Class of 2023: 3.16
Class of 2022: 3.15
Accepted Applicants
Class of 2023: 10/10 matched (100%)
Class of 2022: 20/20 matched (100%)
Class of 2020: 12/12 matched (100%)
Class of 2019: 18/19 matched (95%)
Class of 2018: 13/15 matched (87%)
Resources at the University of the Pacific
Department Chair of Diagnostic Science:
Dr. Paul Subar, DDS, EdD | psubar@pacific.edu
UoP Alumni:
Melissa Wong, DDS '19 | mwong6813@gmail.com | NYU Langone Southern AZ, El Rio Health Ctr, Tucson, AZ
Sonal Anand, DDS '19 | sonal.anand12@gmail.com | NYU Langone, SF/UCSF Campus, San Francisco, CA
Pauline Tran, DDS '20 | pauline.y.tran@gmail.com | NYU Langone Dental Medicine, Santa Barbara, CA
Irene Chang, DDS '20 | idychang10@gmail.com | NYU Langone-Oahu Kokua Kalihi Honolulu, HI Honolulu, HI
Ryan Yokota, DDS '20 | r_yokota@u.pacific.edu | NYU Langone Dental Medicine-Rancho Mirage, CA Rancho Mirage, CA
Meghan Hansen, DDS '24 | m_hansen7@u.pacific.edu |
Bianca DeAnda, DDS '24 | b_deanda@u.pacific.edu |