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General Practice (Dentistry)

This postgraduate program trains residents to treat medically compromised patients in ambulatory and non-ambulatory settings. Students accepted into our General Practice Residency Program will find many similarities between our hospital-based program and those at other schools: Committed faculty and staff, solid teamwork, a good patient pool, with one very distinctive difference: we’re located inside the Meharry School of Dentistry. The intimate setting lends itself to more thorough resident training and individualized patient care.

Our General Practice Residency Program is comprised of 80% clinic and 20% didactic in a private, office-like setting where comprehensive dentistry is delivered. Residents receive training in a multidisciplinary setting that includes rotations in Internal Medicine, Anesthesia, Oral Surgery, and the Veterans Hospital Dental Clinic.

Rotations

PGY 1:

1 Month Internal Medicine/Anesthesiology

1 Month Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

1 Month Special Needs Dentistry

9 Months General Practice Dentistry

**This is a general rotation schedule, which may vary depending on availability of the rotation site and the number of the residents in each year of training. This ensures that each resident at the end of his/her training will rotate through all ACGME mandated rotations for the recommended period of time.

Rotation Sites

Meharry Medical College
Nashville General Hospital
Tennessee Valley Health System, Veterans Affairs
Bledsoe County Health Department
Maury County Health Department
Stewart County Health Department

Didactics

Didactic lectures take place every Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. Lecture topics include:

Diagnostic Sciences
Preventative Dentistry
Periodontics
Endodontics
Pediatric Dentistry
Orthodontics
Prosthodontics
Geriatric Dentistry
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Implantology
Cosmetic Dentistry
Emergency Care
Journal Club

Leadership and Residents

Leadership

Henry Young

Residency Training Director

Residents

Marcello Baptiste
PGY- 1
Meharry Medical College

Charlie Cook
PGY- 1
Meharry Medical College

Aaliyah Gray
PGY- 1
Meharry Medical College

Kristin Hall
PGY- 1
Meharry Medical College

Chaunice Jonson
PGY- 1
Meharry Medical College

Elizabeth Knight
PGY- 1
University of Maryland School of Dentistry

Osrica McLean
PGY- 1
Meharry Medical College

Avona Rios
Chief Resident
PGY- 1
Meharry Medical College

Taylor Shaw
PGY- 1
Meharry Medical College

Matthew Strickland
PGY- 1
State University of New York at Buffalo

Nathalie Tombo
PGY- 1
Meharry Medical College

General Practice Dentistry Residency Program Contact

Tamela Brandenberg
General Practice Dentistry Residency Department Coordinator
Email: tjbrandenberg@mmc.edu
Telephone: 615-327-6148

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