The graduate program in Oral Biology is a program of study culminating in a Master of Science degree. The program is flexible and will foster an interdisciplinary approach using School of Dentistry research, courses, and facilities to cater to the needs of individual students. A thesis is required. The program is geared toward providing a sound didactic basis for students interested in pursuing dentistry as a profession. It also provides research opportunities and teaching experience in an effort to model graduate students for an academic career as clinician educators and academic dentists.

The Anatomical Science program leans heavily toward the anatomic sciences but does include some instruction in dental material science. Students have the option of an educational, anatomic science, dental materials or clinically based thesis project.  This program prepares the students to perform and critically analyze research and clinical aspects of dental medicine. First year students take basic science courses with the D1 students along with specialized courses that will prepare them for their research projects. Second year students act as Teaching Assistants (TA’s) for D1 students (teaching practicums) and perform their research followed by thesis writing and an oral defense.

This program is administered by the Graduate School at Creighton University. More information regarding this program is available in the Oral Biology section of the Graduate Catalog.