Advanced Graduate Education
Advanced Graduate Education Programs
Harvard School of Dental Medicine's advanced graduate education programs offer premier postdoctoral training in dental specialties, preparing you to lead in clinical practice, research, and beyond.
Advanced Graduate Education: Specialized training for future dental leaders
Harvard School of Dental Medicine's (HSDM) advanced graduate education (AGE) programs offer outstanding postdoctoral opportunities in numerous dental specialties. Our program offers the opportunity to earn a Master of Medical Sciences degree (MMSc) or Doctor of Medical Sciences (DMSc) degree, and/or a certificate in a specialty field. HSDM graduates go on to become leaders in their specialties as well as in academia, research, public health, and global health.
HSDM-based programs
HSDM offers a range of advanced graduate and postdoctoral programs designed to train the next generation of leaders in dental specialties, research, and global health. With access to world-class research and mentorship, students thrive in a dynamic academic environment that integrates dentistry and medicine.
Get advanced training in treating underserved and vulnerable populations in rural area. This program aims to expand the pipeline of dental professionals in New Hampshire. Residents have the opportunity to rotate through healthcare locations throughout the state providing emergency and multidisciplinary comprehensive oral health care and directing health promotion and disease prevention activities.
Learn more about Advanced Education in General Dentistry Rural Track.
Become a leader in dental education who can drive change to meet advances in the field. This program will prepare you to collaborate with educators in and outside of the healthcare professions, become a mentor to students and faculty, create curriculum design, conduct research in education, and apply the concepts learned in this program to future teaching and learning in your field of interest.
Learn more about the Online MMSc in Dental Education program.
Improve the oral health by becoming a dental public health specialist. This program focuses on evidence-based research methods, disease prevention, oral health services delivery systems, program administration, and health policy.
Gain experience treating the oral health needs of underserved and vulnerable populations in rural areas. Based in New Hampshire, the program aims to expand the pipeline of dental professionals in the state and create opportunities for dentists to become more proficient in providing quality health care focused of population health.
Develop an extensive background in the biological sciences, research methodology, and teaching. Ths broad-based educational program prepares endodontics for careers in specialty clinical practice, research, and academics.
Gain intensive research training and experience under the mentorship of world-renowned scientists. This program leading to a DMSc degree, educates academic researchers in oral and craniofacial biology and skeletogenesis.
Join an intensive training program designed for dentists who are committed to pursuing a fulltime academic and/or institutional career in oral medicine. Clinical training is based at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where you will gain extensive experience with the diagnosis and management of medicallycomplex cases including oral mucosal diseases, salivary gland disorders, bone pathology, and orofacial pain conditions.
Gain advanced technical skills and a comprehensive scientific foundation to carry out ethical, patient-centered, evidence-based orthodontic treatment. The program fosters innovation and advances the orthodontic specialty through cutting-edge clinical and translational research in areas that include 3D imaging, virtual planning, custom appliances, and clear aligner therapy.
Become a leader in clinical practice and research through a program that emphasizes evidencebased biological concepts, comprehensive clinical experiences, and scholarly investigation. Gain comprehensive clinical experience in oral medicine, periodontology, regenerative science, and implantology.
Gain a thorough understanding of the biological sciences, clinical sciences, research methodology, and teaching to become a highly competent prosthodontist. This broad-based program will provide you with excellent training for a career in specialty clinical practice, research, and/or academics.
Learn more about the Prosthodontics program.
Affiliated programs
In addition to its own offerings, HSDM collaborates with renowned institutions to provide students and professionals with access to affiliated programs that broaden their expertise and impact. These partnerships offer unique opportunities for interdisciplinary learning and professional growth within the Harvard community and beyond.
Gain didactic and clinical experience through general practice dental and medical training in a community health setting at Cambridge Health Alliance. In this program, you will have opportunities in primary preventive care.
Experience all phases of ambulatory and inpatient dental care in a health care setting through a residency at the Department of Veteran Affairs in the Boston Healthcare System. This program will offer you the opportunity to complete rotations in oral and maxillofacial surgery, anesthesiology, and internal medicine.
Gain clinical and educational experience with an emphasis on comprehensive dental care and hospital dentistry in a residency that combines the resources of top Harvard-affiliated institutions, including Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital.
Join a six-year residency program that will qualify you for certification by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. You will earn a medical degree from Harvard Medical School and complete a 16-month residency in general surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Gain advanced training in orofacial pain and related conditions in a two-year hospital-based residency program. The program consists of clinical training with elective rotations through departments within the Massachusetts General Hospital Partners Healthcare System, including physical therapy, head and neck imaging, and neurosurgery. It includes a didactic program and teaching opportunities.
Experience a full range of specialty training in early childhood dental caries prevention and management, oral facial trauma and emergency care, and advanced diagnostic and surgical procedures, in this program based at Boston Children’s Hospital. You will also gain exposure to pediatric restorative dentistry, orthodontics, endodontics, and behavior guidance techniques, including nitrous oxide and sedation.
Why choose HSDM?
As an HSDM AGE candidate, you’ll have access to the vast resources of a world-renowned university, along with the expertise and innovation of Harvard’s affiliated medical institutions and research centers in Greater Boston.
