McGill University has been training leaders in dentistry in Canada, the United States and other countries for over 100 years. The Faculty of Dentistry's General Practice Residency Program is the largest in the country with a current enrolment of 24. Our dental clinics are located at five sites in the downtown Montreal. Three of the centres are within the orbit of the McGill University Health Centre(MUHC)) and are currently located at the Montreal General Hospital (MGH), Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH), and Montreal Children's Hospital (MCH). The other two programs are carried out at the Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital (JGH) and the Queen Elizabeth Health Complex (QE).
The one-year training program begins on July 1 and concludes on June 30 of the following year and comprises 52 credits.
The goal of the program is to provide the recent dental graduate with a broad multidisciplinary approach to the clinical practice of Dentistry. With this in mind, the residents are under the constant supervision and guidance of members of the attending staff. The teaching staff of the four hospital departments comprises general practitioners and specialists. The specialties represented are: Endodontics, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Medicine, Orthodontics, Periodontics, Prosthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry. Other specialists (e.g. Oral Pathology, Radiology) are available for consultations. All clinical teachers hold appointments in the Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University.
Every effort is made to provide the trainee with a full exposure to all aspects of clinical dentistry and to all types of patients, from the medically-compromised to those seeking implant-supported prostheses and cosmetic dentistry. The Multidisciplinary Training Programs are accredited by both the Order of Dentists of Quebec and the Canadian Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation.
Although chair-side clinical teaching is stressed in this training program, an extensive series of lectures and seminars takes place throughout the year. Arrangements are made for frequent treatment planning seminars, as well as other sessions dealing with dental and medical topics of importance. In addition, there are joint monthly meetings which are arranged by the Faculty of Dentistry for all of the Multidisciplinary trainees in Dentistry in the McGill sector.