Program details
The Department of Preventive Dental Science offers graduate instruction and research leading to a Master of Science degree in Orthodontics.
Expected duration: 3 years
Tuition and fees:
Students pay the yearly program fee for every year they are registered (refer to Graduate tuition and fees).
The MSc in Orthodontics program requires the completion of 40 credit hours of coursework, a thesis requirement and additional graduate resident responsibilities.
The program is fully accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada (CDAC) and is also recognized by the American Dental Association. Completion of the program provides eligibility to the examinations of the take the examinations of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada (RCDC), National Dental Specialty Exams (NDSE) and the American Board of Orthodontics (ABO).
Graduate resident responsibilities
- Preparation of a Master's Thesis
- Oral defence of your research project
- Presentation of your research at an international forum
- Submission of an article for publication based on your research
- Limited teaching in the undergraduate orthodontic clinic
- Participation in outreach to under-served communities
Sample course offerings
- PDSD 7000: Neural Basis of Oropharyngeal Therapy (3 credit hours)
- PDSD 7020: The Mechanics of Orthodontic Therapy (6 credit hours)
- PDSD 7040: Clinical Craniofacial Growth and Development (3 credit hours)
- PDSD 7060: Cephalometric Analysis (3 credit hours)
- PDSD 7070: Biology of Orthodontic and Facial Orthopedics (3 credit hours)
- ANAT 7060: Advanced Human Macroscopic (Gross) Anatomy (6 credit hours)
- DDSS 7030: Advanced Oral Radiology (1 credit hours)
- CHSC 6810: Biostatistics for Clinicians (3 credit hours)
- DDSS: 7230 Advanced Oral Pathology (6 credit hours)
- RSTD: 7150 Orthodontic Biomaterials (3 credit hours)
For full course descriptions, please visit the Academic Calendar.
