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Course Overview

Graduates leave SLU prepared to be astute and aware clinicians using an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to caring for craniofacial and dental patient problems.

Saint Louis University's orthodontic program offers three basic areas of training: an extensive and comprehensive clinical experience that involves diagnosis, treatment planning, active treatment and retention of patients representing a variety of malocclusions and craniofacial deformities; core courses that include biomedical sciences and clinical concepts; and orthodontic research. Students will need to complete 89 credits to graduate.

Specific courses include facial development, biomechanics, clinical cephalometrics, oral biology, surgical orthodontics, orthodontic problems related to the cleft-palate patient, speech problems related to the oral mechanism, history of orthodontics, diagnosis and treatment planning, clinical diagnosis, orthodontic analysis and treatment modalities, introduction to clinical orthodontics, principles of orthodontic techniques, seminar on child and adolescent psychology, digital orthodontics, scenario-based case analysis, orthodontic business management, review for the ABO examination and thesis research.

Entry Requirement 

Program Direct1 Graduate Pathway
1-Semester 2-Semester
Program Requirements
  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent
  • Minimum GRE or GMAT, if required by desired degree program
  • The degree program youselect may have additionalrequirements with which youmust comply
  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent
  • Minimum GRE/GMAT/LSAT score, if required by degree program (at progression)
  • The degree program you select may have additional requirements with which you must comply
Minimum GPA Equivalent 3.0 2.7-3.0 2.7-3.0
TOEFL iBT 80 75-83 70-90
IELTS 6.5 6.0 6.0-7.0
IELA 176-185 (169-178 subscores in writing and listening) 176-185 (169-178 subscores in reading and writing/listening) 169-180 (162-173 subscores in reading and writing/listening)
Duolingo N/A 120-140 95-130
Academic English N/A N/A Level 5

Fees

  Graduate Pathway Graduate  Direct* Graduate  Direct Law** Graduate  Direct Business**
Program Length 1 Semesters 2 Semesterm 1 Semester 2 Semesters 1 Semesters 2 Semesterm 1 Semester 2 Semesters
Tution & Fees $19420 $33780 $11530 $22560 $22630 $44760 $10970 $21450

This information was accurate on : 19/12/2020
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