USDSN offers 12 month internships to recent dental school graduates that wish to pursue a career in OMS.
The program starts July 1 and ends June 30.
Requirements:
- Completed Application by Feb 1.
- Graduate of US Dental School
- Ability to obtain Dental License in desired state by July 1.
- PALS and ACLS certification
- Competitive score on CBSE exam
- 2 letters of recommendation from OMS mentors
Scope of Practice:
- Clinic based dentoalveolar surgery and implantology
- Extensive experience in office anesthesia with > 1500 case per year per intern
- Evaluation of patients for office general anesthesia
- Surgical mentorship by ABOMS certified surgeons
- Time to study for CBSE exam retake if desired
Legacy Trainees
Dr. Carter has been educating OMS surgeons for over 42 years. His roster of legacy surgeons is below.
Carle Foundation OMS Residents
• 1980-1981 Michael Ozment, D.D.S.
• 1980-1983 Clark Taylor, D.D.S., M.D.
• 1981-1984 Donald Gossett, D.D.S.
• 1982-1985 Winston G. Bedford, D.M.D., M.D.
• 1983-1986 Mark Knibbe, D.D.S., M.D.
Oral Surgical Institute Fellows
• 1987-1988 Hal Jones, D.D.S.
• 1988-1989 George Kushner, D.D.S., M.D.
• 1989-1990 Julie Gaskill, D.D.S.
• 1990-1991 John Gunn, D.M.D.
• 1991-1992 Riccardo Ambrigio, D.M.D.
• 1992-1993 John McElroy, D.M.D.
• 1993-1994 I.E. Davis, D.D.S.
• 1994-1995 Vincent Montgomery, D.M.D.
• 1995-1996 Amy D. Field, D.M.D.
• 1996-1997 Gregory Y.C. Lung, D.M.D.
• 1997-1998 Ngozi N. Etufugh, D.D.S.
• 1998-1999 Richard J. Martin, D.D.S.
• 1990-2000 Leslie R. Halpern, M.D., D.D.S., PhD, MPH
• 2000-2001 Anthony T.R. Green, D.D.S.
• 2001-2002 Timothy Bartholomew, D.D.S.
• 2002-2003 Jennifer Gordon-Maloney, D.D.S.
Non-categorical Interns
Intern Post / Intern Position
• 1999-2000 Cynthia Colson, DMD / OMS Long Island Jewish NY
• 2000-2001 Piyushkumar Patel, DDS / OMS Emory Univ, GA
• 2001-2002 Carmeron Hedari, DDS / Dentistry Public Health Service
• 2002-2003 Edward Longwe, DDS / OMS Howard Univ, DC
• 2003-2004 Gary Keeler, DDS / OMS Howard Univ, DC
• 2005-2006 Mulokozi Lugakingria, DMD / OMS Univ of IL, IL
• 2006-2007 Robert Ammarrell, DDS / General Dentistry, TN
• 2007-2008 Jeremy Lassetter, DDS / OMS Highland Hospital, CA
• 2008-2009 Ali Mohammed, DDS / OMS Temple Univ PA
• 2009-2010 J. Tyler Rasmussen, DDS / OMS Univ of Rochester, NY
• 2010-2011 M. Thomas Harman, DDS / OMS Cook County, IL
• 2011-2012 Sirish Makan, DDS / OMS Howard Univ., DC
• 2012-2013 James Harlan, DDS / OMS Univ of Louisville, KY
• 2012-2013 Patton Minkin, DDS / OMS St. Luke’s Hospital, NY
• 2013-2014 Jeffrey Kessecker, DDS / OMS Denver Hospital, CO
• 2013-2014 Issa Kawas, DDS / OMS Howard Univ., DC
• 2014-2015 R. Miles Bell, DMD / General Dentistry, GA
• 2014-2015 Jeffrey Fenn, DMD / General Dentistry, TX
• 2015-2016 Grant McClendon DMD / General Dentistry, TX
• 2016-2017 Pooyan Ezhkevari, DDS / OMS Univ of Louisville, KY
• 2016-2017 Donald Schrack, DDS / General Dentistry, OR
• 2017-2018 Moo Kim, DDS / OMS Univ. of Rochester, NY
• 2017-2018 Sarat Mohammadu, DDS / Faculty Meharry School of Dentistry, TN
• 2018-2019 Taylor Duckworth, DDS / OMS Banner Health, AZ
• 2018-2019 Benjamin Coenen, DDS / OMS Univ. of South Carolina, SC
• 2018-2019 Johnny Williams, DDS / General Dentistry, TN
• 2019-2020 Mehul Patel, DDS OMS / Indiana Univ., IN
• 2019-2020 Katherine Kaleel, DDS / Implant Fellowship Univ. of Florida, FL
• 2019-2020 Brandon Powell, DDS / OMS LSU Shreveport, LA
• 2020-2021 Jeremiah Gilge, DDS / General Dentistry, AZ
• 2020-2021 Jack Snow, DDS / General Dentistry, AZ
• 2021-2022 Odrey Bechtel, DDS / OMS Univ of Minnesota
• 2022-2023 Mark Hodges, DDS / OMS UCLA Harbor
• 2022-2023 Stanley Ojukwu, DMD / OMS Univ of Illinois
• 2023-2024 Mais Al Dahan, DDS / OMS LSU New Orleans
• 2023-2024 Stuart Long, DMD / Exodontia, Denver, CO