The Geisinger Pediatric Dental Residency Program is dedicated to the preparation of board-certified pediatric dentists who will become leaders in providing pediatric dental care; providing pediatric needs for their community; and in educating themselves, their colleagues, and the patients and families they serve. We are committed to providing state-of-the-art training with a dynamic curriculum that coincides with the changing health care environment and meets the needs of the dentists-in-training for the 21st century.

The advanced two-year certificate program in pediatric dentistry trains dentists in the specialty in accordance with the guidelines set forth by the American Dental Association and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. To fulfill the mission, the student is educated in the biomedical sciences and the supporting clinical sciences to the extent that the student is proficient in providing both primary and comprehensive preventive and therapeutic oral health care for infants and children through adolescence, including those with special health care needs.

The didactic experiences include course work in the basic and clinical sciences; seminar and laboratory sessions; an independent, written research project presented to the faculty; and preparation for the written examination of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry. The clinical sciences include: operating room services, anesthesia, adolescent dentistry, pediatrics, medically compromised patients, conscious sedation, hospital dentistry, and presenting clinical cases to the standards of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry.

Program Strengths

• Outstanding hospital environment with established dental role. 
• Extensive clinical expertise in the well child and medically compromised child. 
• Heavy involvement with medical services within the Hospital and the affiliated institutions

Overall, we wish to produce clinically proficient and scientifically adept graduates capable of diagnosing and treating all types of pediatric patients encountered in specialty practice. 

Direct questions regarding the residency program to:
Stacey Fenstermacher
Pediatric Dental Residency Program
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA 17822.
Email: sefenstermacher@geisinger.edu