Orofacial Pain Certificate

The program is a 42-credit hour Graduate Certificate in Orofacial Pain designed to meet the needs of the dental practitioner interested in practicing the management of orofacial pain. The dental profession has recently recognized the field of orofacial pain as a dental specialty that requires clinicians to gain specialty status in orofacial pain. The two-year certificate program will meet the criteria for board eligibility for orofacial pain specialty. This certificate is designed as a complement to the MS in Orofacial Pain, where the difference the proposed certificate program and the already established MS Dentistry’s concentration in Orofacial Pain is a research component.