Applications for Internships: 

      Volunteers are also responsible for participation-associated expenses due for each session.  The equipment fee to cover your basic expenses while you are a part of our pre-dental school program will be as follows:

Session I: June 1st through August 31st - $150.00

Session II: September 1st through December 31st – $120.00

Session III: January 1st through May 31st – $150.00

Session IV:  Any one week (Monday – Thursday) session - $50.00
 
     Fees are due the first week of each period and will allow Interns the opportunity to participate within our program.  The fees cover the basic expenses incurred by your participation during these time periods and will not be prorated nor refunded for partial attendance.

     Please read this information carefully.  We will not respond to applicants who do not follow these instructions.  You may click on the "Office Staff" section in the left margin of this page to learn more about our interns.  You may also visit NYCdentist.com/blog to read our student experiences.

Certificate Program in Dentistry for Foreign-trained Dentists (currently being created)

     The Center for Special Dentistry is in the process of creating a formal tuition-based non-degree Certificate Program for Foreign-trained dentists.  Our focus is super premium multi-specialty cosmetic reconstruction with an emphasis on treating phobic patients.  This program will NOT offer foreign-trained dentists the ability to actually treat patients.  A University-based program (which we will not be) will typically have a different patient population than a super premium private practice.  Understanding the heart and mind of a patient is the first step in treatment; differential diagnosis, case presentation and the mechanics of dentistry come later.  People seeking super premium dentistry typically have different expectations of how they want to be treated; learning what we do will apply to ALL patients in your practice. 

     The expected duration of these programs will be for five or ten months.  The intention of this program is to increase the knowledge and skills of these dentists for when they return to practice in their country of origin.  Our program does NOT grant a university degree or a license for U.S. dental practice.  If you are seeking an American dental degree (DDS or DMD) and/or an American dental license (to practice dentistry in the U.S.) please visit www.ADA.org or www.NYU.edu/dental for information from The American Dental Association; we cannot help you.

  You may send your resume, three recommendations and photo via email, US mail and/or fax (212) 754-5731.  If using email please send your resume and recommendations (from professors and/or employers) contained within the body of your email; only your photo may be a jpeg attachment.  We don't open attachments from unknown sources.  Your references must NOT be from family or friends. There is no fee to apply for the waiting list.      

     We cannot provide assistance to applicants in obtaining a visa.  Our five month program will be designed to fit within two 2 & 1/2 month long sessions that should fit within most educational visa requirements.  Please email us for more information and to seek priority placement on our waiting list.  We cannot accept formal applications until this program creation is completed.

Intern Job Description

      Our multi-specialty group offers comprehensive, cosmetic dentistry quickly and comfortably to primarily a Wall Street and Entertainment patient population.  The practice also has a significant focus on treating phobic dental patients.  It is composed of about ten dentists and specialists and a great group of interns.  Our internship program offers pre-dental training as well as guidance regarding the business aspects of dentistry.  Students from local dental schools are frequently in our office as well.  It is a fun and stimulating, high energy, private practice/academic environment.

      Our office is the only private dental practice in New York State wherein dental students may treat patients for greatly reduced fees with their informed consent because Dr. Dorfman is a professor at two NYC dental schools.  [see NYCdentist.com/faculty].  We also offer significant assistance to our full-time paid interns when applying to dental school, residencies and/or post-dental school specialty programs and in ultimately getting a job.

     The world headquarters for 1dentist, LLC, the largest family of free dental content websites in the world, is also located in this office.  1dentist, LLC owns 500 of the best dental urls worldwide and provides over 2,100 pages of content created in-office (and seen on NYCdentist.com).  This family of websites receives over 200,000 monthly unique visitors and 1.2 million page views.  1dentist has been online since 1998 and has over ten years of internet data collection including SEO for 13,000 dentistry keywords managed in-office.

     As an intern you will be immersed in daily discussions on differential diagnosis, radiographic interpretation, treatment planning complex cases, case presentation and behavioral studies. There is no formal curriculum so you can learn at your own pace and enjoy yourself.  Our interns are involved in every aspect of our practice.  New interns are first required to carefully study The Intern Handbook and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Manual before being allowed to observe patient treatment. 

The primary responsibilities of a dental intern are:

·            Acquiring and applying new dental knowledge and skills.

·            Exemplifying punctuality, reliability, cleanliness, and initiative.

·            Maintaining a smooth flow for effective transitions in the office environment.

·            Recognizing that the office environment can change unexpectedly, and very quickly, demanding flexibility and organization under pressure.

·           Being able to perform and track several tasks simultaneously with accuracy.

·            Exhibiting courtesy and friendliness to all patients.

Assisting with clinical procedures:

General Dentistry

·            Assisting by suctioning, mixing bonding agents, mixing impression material, and light curing.

·           Starting the temporary crowns/bridges for patients (plastic carving), and realignment.

·           Prep for bleaching.

·           Taking full mouth series x-rays quickly and efficiently, and taking computer images, i.e. both internal and external.

·           The set up of the Nitrous Oxide unit in all rooms.

Endodontics

·           Setup and assist, i.e. preparing burs, files, suction, x-rays.

Periodontics

·           Setup and assist by preparing sutures, scalpels, suctioning, and mixing packing gum.

Oral Surgery

·           Setup and assist by preparing sutures, scalpels, suctioning, and retraction.

Orthodontics

·           Setup and assist by mixing cement and light curing.

·           Pouring up of good study models.

Weekly/daily duties:

·            Cleaning rooms.

·            Autoclaving all instruments.

·           Using cold sterilization for instruments unable to be placed in autoclave, i.e. plastics or rubber.

·           Utilizing ultrasound to sterilize handpieces and instruments with hinges (mostly used for orthodontics).

·            Stocking of all required materials, i.e. burs and materials for all aspects of dentistry.

·            General office maintenance.

·            Confirming patient appointments, patient follow up, patient recall for both upcoming prophys and dental work.

Required knowledge, dental and office:

Dental:

·            Perform diagnosis, treatment plan patient cases, and offer varying case presentations.

·           Take full mouth series of x-rays.

·           Ability to read and understand radiographs.

·           Know the different types of numbering/notations for teeth and terms related to dentistry i.e. instrument names, tooth names, tooth surfaces.

·           Review oral hygiene with patients.

·            Understand and implement all procedures including standard protocol for dealing with phobic patients, i.e. unobtrusive movements, social atmosphere, sense of patient control.

·           Deal with patient's questions or concerns in a professional and complete manner.

Office:

·            Scheduling patients.

·            Prosthetic cases - dealing with lab, the technicians, and scheduling.

·            Entering in the computer new patients, insurance information, patient treatment.

·           Print insurance forms and submit claims with the appropriate documentation.

·            Understanding insurance benefits, percentages, usual and customary fees, and deducing the patient's co-payment for certain procedures.

·           Getting payment - up front or via payment plans (credit card on file or post dated checks).

·           Dealing with outstanding balances, e.g., old insurance, aged receivable, and billing.