Advanced Education In General Dentistry (AEGD) Program

The Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) Program is a fully accredited one-year post-doctoral program in clinical dentistry with a didactic component in general dentistry. The primary focus of this program is to improve the clinical skills taught in an undergraduate dental school program.

Compensation: Department of Defense Active Duty Military Officer Pay and Allowances

How to apply: Navy Medicine Healthcare Careers

Our educational program offers numerous formal courses, seminars and literature reviews to supplement our clinical experience and provide residents exposure to all aspects of dentistry. Staff specialists and outside consultants lead these valuable conferences held a least once a week. Residents are also required to provide educational experiences to their classmates and mentors to include: patient care conferences held 12 times/year, dental materials lecture, special needs patient presentation, and literature reviews. Residents will also demonstrate competency in researching and reviewing literature as well as presenting a table clinic at the Great Lakes Dental Society in the spring.

In addition to didactic and clinical dental experiences, military residency offers additional military experiences required to be a dental Officer in the United States Navy. These may include but are not limited to:

The AEGD clinic is located in the Fisher Medical and Dental Clinic, Bldg. 237, on Naval Station Great Lakes. This is home to the AEGD program and main work center/office space for AEGD residents. General Dentistry is the core of the AEGD program and comprehensive treatment plans are developed and carried out in the 237 Dental Clinic. Multidisciplinary care is provided under the guidance of our experienced mentors in Comprehensive Dentistry, Endodontics, Oral Surgery, Periodontics, Prosthodontics (Fixed, Removable and Implants), Oral Diagnosis, Orofacial Pain and Operative Dentistry. Rotation length is throughout the year when not on otherwise noted rotation below.

The purpose of the Oral Diagnosis rotation is to help you learn to function as a skilled and knowledgeable general dentist in a primary care setting, providing periodic (T-2), and problem-focused (T-3) exams. This rotation is designed to help develop your diagnostic skills, improve your clinical skills and efficiency, and prepare you to serve as a highly competent provider in a busy and dynamic primary care setting. You will also be expected to coordinate the delivery of comprehensive oral health care as appropriate. The OD portion of your rotation will allow you to become very familiar with the Navy dental record and system for examination and dental classification. In addition, performing multiple dental exams on our active duty members will expose you to the wide variety of oral health concerns that present to our clinics, and further hone your diagnostic abilities. Your sick call rotation will allow you to evaluate and treat a variety of acute conditions, further developing your diagnostic and patient management skills. Objectives of the sick call rotation are to provide problem-focused (T-3) exams to patients presenting with pain, infection, trauma, and other acute conditions, provide emergency treatment for the relief of such conditions and coordinate definitive treatment and follow-up as necessary.

AEGD residents will complete their endodontics rotation in the endodontics division at the USS Osborne Recruit Dental Facility, Bldg. 1017, located on Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes. Each resident will complete a 2-week “Mini-Endo” rotation. This will occur during the summer or fall. The primary objective is to prepare new dental officers for standing duty. By the end of the rotation, each officer should be able to perform an endodontic evaluation and decide if endodontic treatment is needed. Each resident will subsequently complete a 1-month endodontics rotation. The primary goal is to ensure officers can competently perform quality endodontic treatment on a variety of teeth. Each officer should understand the fundamental principles of endodontic instrumentation and obturation and when referral to an endodontist is appropriate.

AEGD residents will complete their oral surgery rotation in the oral surgery division at the USS Osborne Recruit Dental Facility, Bldg. 1017, located on Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes. Each resident will complete a 1-month rotation. The purpose of the rotation is to ensure officers can competently diagnose, treatment plan and perform surgical and non-surgical extractions of erupted and partially erupted third molars, perform post-surgical follow-up including diagnosis and treatment of post-operative complications, and become familiar with soft tissue biopsies and suturing.

AEGD residents will complete their operative rotation in the operative division at the USS Osborne Recruit Dental Facility, Bldg. 1017, located on Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes. Each resident will complete a 1-month rotation. The purpose of the rotation is to ensure officers can competently diagnose, treatment plan and restore dentition with a variety of treatment options which may include: inlay, onlay, partial and full coverage AMR, MCR and ACR, vital and non-vital bleaching, microabrasion, enameloplasty, direct composite veneers, porcelain veneers, restoration of the endodontically treated tooth with direct and indirect restorations, custom cast and prefabricated posts and cores.

AEGD residents will complete their CAD/CAM rotation in the prosthodontic division at the USS Osborne Recruit Dental Facility, Bldg. 1017, located on Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes. Each resident will complete a 2-week rotation exclusively in CAD/CAM and then on cases treatment planned throughout the year. The purpose of the rotation is to ensure officers are competent in proper case selection, treatment planning, preparing, scanning, designing, milling, all required lab work (firing/polishing/etching), and delivering of CAD/CAM restorations in a variety of available dental materials.

AEGD residents will complete their periodontics rotation in the periodontics division the Fisher Medical and Dental Clinic, Bldg. 237, on Naval Station Great Lakes and at the FHCC hospital dental clinic, Bldg 133, North Chicago. Each resident will complete a 1-month rotation. The purpose of the rotation is to ensure officers can competently diagnose, treatment plan and perform surgical and non-surgical periodontal therapy, evaluate the results of periodontal therapy and establish/monitor a periodontal maintenance program. At the hospital clinic, emphasis is placed on managing the Veteran dental patient with special needs (medical, physical, psychological or social).

AEGD residents will complete their periodontics rotation in the periodontics division the Fisher Medical and Dental Clinic, Bldg. 237, on Naval Station Great Lakes. Each resident will complete a 1-month rotation. The purpose of the rotation is to ensure officers can competently diagnose, treatment plan and perform a wide variety of prosthodontic procedures including restoring the edentulous space with implants, fixed, or removable, understand and treat occlusal disorders and implant complications. Emphasis is also placed on communicating with our in-house full service prosthodontic laboratory.

For more information on our AEGD program, please contact:

LCDR Jonathon Blaze Negron

847-688-3331

[email protected]. For more information on becoming a dental officer in the U.S. Navy, please contact your local Navy Healthcare Recruiter.

Navy Medicine is the whole of the US Navy’s Medical Support to the Fleet and Fleet Marine Force to ensure readiness both at peace and in combat.

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Last updated: May 9, 2023