The outstanding academic and clinical resources of UCSF Health and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals provide the experience and training you need whether your goal is in academia, community public health, or private practice.

In addition to the first-class academic and clinic opportunities afforded at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco, our affiliation with UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland provides a wealth of experience in treating pediatric dental trauma in the emergency department as well as children with other sub-medical specialties.

UCSF Pediatric Dentistry offers 2 training programs:

3-Year Postgraduate Program

5 positions selected via MATCH process

The Postgraduate Program in Pediatric Dentistry is a full-time, 36-month course of study leading to an advanced education certificate in pediatric dentistry and an M.S. degree in Oral and Craniofacial Sciences. Appropriately qualified students also have the option of pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Oral and Craniofacial Sciences. Postgraduate residents will assume leadership roles in academic pediatric dentistry, community clinic, or private practice. The program also seeks to stimulate interest in careers combining clinical practice and research. In addition to the first class academic and clinical training opportunities afforded at the UC San Francisco Parnassus campus and the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, the affiliation with UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland, provides a wealth of experience in treating pediatric dental trauma in the emergency department as well as the children with special health care needs. Our program also provides extensive oral conscious sedation, hospital dentistry, and interceptive orthodontic training to our residents.

Note that candidates that express a commitment to public service and working in the public health sector will receive special consideration in the application review process.

This program fully satisfies the educational requirements of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA). A Certificate of Advanced Education in Pediatric Dentistry is awarded upon satisfactory completion of the postdoctoral program. Graduates are educationally eligible for examinations by the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry. Students who already have obtained an advanced research degree (e.g., MS, MPH, PhD or equivalent) are not required to enroll again in a graduate school program for an additional research degree.

2-Year Postgraduate Program

2 positions selected outside of the MATCH process

The 2-year program is identical to that of 3-year program from clinical training, rotations, and didactics perspectives, except residents in 2-year program do not require concurrent enrollment in the M.S. degree program. Candidates for the 2-Year Residency Program MUST have either an advanced level degree (ex. MS, PhD), or have completed advanced education training (ex. residency program, AEGD, GPR), or have extensive post DDS/DMD clinical practice experience prior to the start of the program. Research or scholarly activities are required while in the residency program. The majority of their clinical training will take place at Bay Area federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and Benioff Children’s Hospital, Oakland. Didactic training will take place at Parnassus campus via in-person or teleconferences.

Note that candidates that express a commitment to public service and working in the public health sector will receive special consideration in the application review process.

A Certificate of Advanced Education in Pediatric Dentistry is awarded upon satisfactory completion of the postdoctoral program. Graduates are educationally eligible for examinations by the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry.