One-Year Joint Certificate Program
The School of Dentistry and its sister institution, McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston (SBMI), now offer a joint certificate in dental informatics. The one-year program focuses on the opportunities and challenges in integrating technology in modern oral health care. It is designed to introduce students to basic and practical solutions for developing health information solutions in dentistry. The certificate involves both online and in-person courses, including a spring-semester practicum at the School of Dentistry.
For information, contact Dr. Sudarat Kiat-amnuay, Aniqua DeClouette or the School of Dentistry's Office of Student and Academic Affairs.
The Academic Catalog contains detailed information on program requirements, application procedures, and tuition.
Academic Catalog - Dental Informatics
How to Apply
Applicants for the Dental Informatics Program are considered based on a completed application and the following criteria:
- DDS, DMD, BDS, BDM, BSDH degree or higher or currently enrolled in DDS, DMD, MSDH degree or higher;
- Grade-point average of 3.0 or higher;
- One letter of reference;
- Resume and/or curriculum vitae;
- Personal interview (when requested by the department);
- TOEFL for applicants who are nationals of countries where English is not the primary language
On the application, select Graduate Dental Hygiene as the school.
Applications are accepted from January 1st to April 30th for the following Fall semester.
Applicants who are already students at the School of Dentistry should complete the residency application, write a personal statement about why they want to do the program, and interview with the committee.
- For this certificate program, we will not sponsor any visa.
- Candidate shall provide evidence that the students are fluent in English as demonstrated by a minimum of 565 points on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (“TOEFL”) on the paper-based exam or a minimum of 225 on the Computer-based TOEFL exam, or 86 in the Internet Based TOEFL