This ongoing course represents a three-year major program consisting of educational experiences targeted directly at developing the knowledge and clinical skill required of a specialist in periodontics, including many aspects not covered in other required courses. Seminars include Conscious Sedation, Periodontics — Prosthodontics Treatment Planning, Therapeutics, Clinical Photography, Practice Management, and Surgical Periodontics. Clinical rotations include Implant Prosthodontic Unit, and hospital rotations for periodontal consultation service for severe and refractory diseases, oral medicine, and diagnosis and treatment of facial pain and temporomandibular disorders. Residents will also be exposed to training in single drug I.V. sedation techniques, and other conscious sedation methods. There will be seminars in oral medicine and in the interrelationships of Orthodontics, Endodontics, and Prosthodontics with Periodontology.