Objectives
For the Thesis Master’s in Dental Sciences, we aim to train students to: 1) perform a literature review, 2) identify important issues in a specific field and understand the scientific approach to research questions, 3) carry out a scientific study and appropriately managing its data, 4) appreciate the ethics involved in animal and/or human research, and 5) express oneself clearly in science (when speaking and writing).
Biological and Medical Sciences (GPS) Thesis Requirements
Each student will have a Research Advisory Committee consisting of the research supervisor and two or three other staff or invited members. This Committee will evaluate the research proposal and monitor student progress. A research proposal must be submitted, in writing, to the Research Advisory Committee no later than the end of the second semester of the program. If the proposal is approved, the student may continue in the program. If it is inadequate, a revised proposal must be submitted within three (3) months. Upon its approval, the student will complete the research work and be required to present the results at a Faculty seminar before a thesis is written for submission to the Thesis Office of GPS.
Graduate students should consult the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies website, and more particularly the guidelines for thesis preparation and submission, for regulations and updated information pertaining to their program of study. In order to meet thesis submission deadlines, it is recommended that graduate students allow approximately two months time at the end of their research program to coordinate and perform the writing of the thesis in collaboration with their supervisor.
Curriculum
Required Courses (8 credits)
DENT 671D1. Advanced Research Seminar.
Credits: 1
Offered by: Dental Med & Oral Health Sci (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Topics in current research in Oral Health Sciences.
- Students must register for both DENT 671D1 and DENT 671D2
- No credit will be given for this course unless both DENT 671D1 and DENT 671D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- DENT 671D1 and DENT 671D2 together are equivalent to DENT 671
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DENT 671D2. Advanced Research Seminar.
Credits: 1
Offered by: Dental Med & Oral Health Sci (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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- Prerequisite: DENT 671D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both DENT 671D1 and DENT 671D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- DENT 671D1 and DENT 671D2 together are equivalent to DENT 671
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EPIB 507. Biostats for Health Sciences.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Faculty of Medicine & Hlth Sci)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025
Description
Basic principles of statistical inference applicable to clinical, epidemiologic, and other health research. Topics include: methods of describing data, statistical inference for means, statistical inference for proportions, non-parametric statistics, correlation and introduction to linear regression.
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
- Restriction: Restricted to students registered in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, Human Nutrition, Medical Residents, and Clinical Fellows.
- Course not opened to students registered in the Epidemiology and Biostatistics programs.
- Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the third lecture day and withdrawal is the sixth lecture day.
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Required Thesis Research Courses (Choose for 24-30 credits)
The required number of Master's thesis credits (minimum 24) will be made up from among the following courses which comprise independent work under the direction of a supervisor on a research problem in the student's designated area of research:
DENT 650. Thesis Research 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Dental Med & Oral Health Sci (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Independent work under the direction of a supervisor on a research problem in the student's designated area of research: Literature Review and Hypothesis Generation.
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DENT 651. Thesis Research 2.
Credits: 6
Offered by: Dental Med & Oral Health Sci (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Independent work under the direction of a supervisor on a research problem in the student's designated area of research: Literature Review and Protocol Development.
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DENT 652. Thesis Research 3.
Credits: 9
Offered by: Dental Med & Oral Health Sci (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Independent work under the direction of a supervisor on a research problem in the student's designated area of research.
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DENT 653. Thesis Research 4.
Credits: 15
Offered by: Dental Med & Oral Health Sci (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Independent work under the direction of a supervisor on a research problem in the student's designated area of research: Data Analysis & Thesis Preparation.
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DENT 504. Biomaterials and Bioperformance.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Dental Med & Oral Health Sci (Fac Dental Medicine & Oral HS)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Biological and synthetic biomaterials, medical devices, and the issues related to their bioperformance. The physicochemical characteristics of biomaterials in relation to their biocompatibility and sterilization.
- Restrictions: Graduate and final year undergraduates from physical, biological, medical and dental sciences, and engineering.
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DENT 654. Mechanisms and Management of Pain.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Dental Med & Oral Health Sci (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Presentation of the neurobiology of pain and analgesia, clinical pain conditions, basic and applied research methods in the study of pain, and the theory and practice of pain management. The course is designed for graduate students interested in pain mechanisms and clinical residents interested in pain management.
- Restriction: Open to all health professionals
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DENT 669. Extracellular Matrix Biology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Dental Med & Oral Health Sci (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Advanced topics on extracellular matrix biology with emphasis on matrix molecules and their effects on cell communication, tissue structure and integrity.
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DENT 671D1. Advanced Research Seminar.
Credits: 1
Offered by: Dental Med & Oral Health Sci (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Topics in current research in Oral Health Sciences.
- Students must register for both DENT 671D1 and DENT 671D2
- No credit will be given for this course unless both DENT 671D1 and DENT 671D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- DENT 671D1 and DENT 671D2 together are equivalent to DENT 671
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DENT 671D2. Advanced Research Seminar.
Credits: 1
Offered by: Dental Med & Oral Health Sci (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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- Prerequisite: DENT 671D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both DENT 671D1 and DENT 671D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- DENT 671D1 and DENT 671D2 together are equivalent to DENT 671
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DENT 681. Readings in Dentistry and Health Research 1.
Credits: 1
Offered by: Dental Med & Oral Health Sci (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Advanced readings in student's area of research.
- Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructors.
- Restriction(s): Open to students enrolled in a graduate program at the Faculty of Dentistry. In some circumstances, it may be opened to students from another Faculty.
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DENT 682. Readings in Dentistry and Health Research 2.
Credits: 2
Offered by: Dental Med & Oral Health Sci (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Advanced readings in student's area of research.
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DENT 683. Readings in Dentistry and Health Research 3.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Dental Med & Oral Health Sci (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Advanced readings in student's area of research.
- Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructors.
- Restriction(s): Open to students enrolled in a graduate program at the Faculty of Dentistry. In some circumstances, it may be opened to students from another Faculty.
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EPIB 621. Data Analysis in Health Sciences.
Credits: 4
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Univariate and multivariate statistical techniques for continuous categorical and survival data. Topics include generalized linear models, multiple linear and logistic regression, introductory survival analysis, model selection. Maximum likelihood and Bayesean approaches will be presented.
- Prerequisite(s): EPIB 601 and EPIB 607 of permission of instructor.
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EPIB 635. Clinical Trials.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Lectures and discussions on issues, approaches and techniques of clinical trials including assessment of feasibility, ethics, randomization, strengths and weaknesses of alternative designs, sample size requirements, protocol development, trial management and analysis, reporting and interpretation of trial results.
- Prerequisite(s): EPIB 601 and EPIB 607.
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EXMD 610. Molecular Methods in Medical Research.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Medicine (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Different molecular methods used in biomedical research, including chromatography, purification and analysis of proteins and nucleic acids, various techniques in molecular biology, transgenic technology, and stem cells. Lectures, some demonstrations, and short seminars given by the students.
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