Advanced Education in General Dentistry
(AEGD) —Committed to Bridging the Dental Divide
Twenty–five years ago, in 1988,
LMC Dental started its AEGD PostDoctoral Dental Residency Program
in Brooklyn, NY. I couldn’t be more
proud of the success of our program
and of the profound impact that we
have had over the last 25 years on
thousands of alumni who we have
trained and millions of patients who
we have served in underserved
communities. Our pioneering
program started with 2 residents in
our single location in Brooklyn, NY.
This past year, in the Spring of 2014,
we graduated 194 PGY1 and PGY2
residents, each of whom trained
in one of more than 175 CODAapproved training sites throughout
the United States, Alaska, Hawaii,
Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. It has
been a uniquely gratifying personal
journey since completing my own
GPR certification with LMC Dental in
1992. I am delighted to report that
my 20th anniversary as the Director
of LMC Dental’s AEGD program
coincided with the 20th anniversary
of the AEGD Program’s first expansion
into our second training site in
Albany, New York.
Our dual service-learning mission is
as true today as it was years ago. This
past year marked enormous growth
for our program. We welcomed 211
new PGY1 and PGY2 residents in July,
2014. We added 15 affiliated training
sites and 2 new regions to our already
expansive LMC Dental network, in
keeping with LMC Dental’s status
as the largest, most highly sought
after and diverse postdoctoral dental
residency programs in the world.
Our commitment to curriculum
excellence and hands-on learning was
recognized by CODA, who approved
LMC Dental in resident expansion
in three affiliated health centers in
Arizona, one in California, and one in
Colorado. We were cited by the Board
as a center of excellence in teaching,
resident training, and community
service. Our AEGD training site in
Arizona, under the direction of Dr.
Maureen Romer, developed a PGY
2 program in special care dentistry.
Our faculty developed several CE
programs as well as enrichment
programs that provide AEGD
residents with deeper experience
in treating medically compromised
patients and those with complex
conditions and comorbidities.
“I am pleased with our progress
and innovation, but feel most
proud about our program’s success
in helping residents and future
practitioners become confident and
highly skilled clinicians fully equipped
for t