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“We are training health professionals from around the globe, not only to treat the vast array of oral diseases, but to become exemplars of the kinds of character, scholarship, and leadership that mark the true oral health professional.”
— Dr. Glenn T. Clark, Associate Dean of Distance Learning and Telehealth
Programs designed for professionals and leaders in the orofacial sciences
Elevate your professional career with advanced online and hybrid programs tailored to domestic and international health care providers
Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine
For practicing dentists who want to learn more about a variety of issues focused on orofacial pain, medicine and sleep disorders.
Master’s Degree
Certificate
Oral Pathology and Radiology
For practicing dentists who want to improve skills and gain experience in clinical, pathological, and radiological correlations with CBCT technology.
Certificate
Geriatric Dentistry
For practicing dentists and graduates who want to learn more about a variety of issues while focusing on the unique dental needs of older adult patients.
Master’s Degree
Certificate
Community Oral Health
For a wide variety of health professionals and non-clinicians focused on improving access to oral health care with a community-based approach.
Master’s Degree
Certificate
Professional Advancement
Offering 1-unit and 2-unit courses for working professionals seeing career advancement. Weekly materials, recorded lectures and live discussions with faculty and peers.
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Learning the theory is one thing. Standing in front of a patient and applying it is another. 🦷![-]()
This week our Distance Learning students at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC went straight from lectures on orofacial pain diagnosis, pharmacology, and imaging interpretation into hands-on mock patient sessions under faculty supervision. Every exam, every injection technique, every clinical decision practiced in the moment, with experts watching and guiding.![-]()
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This is graduate-level dental education built for the real world. Curious what advanced training could look like for you? Visit ostrowonline.usc.edu to learn more.![-]()
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Lectures. Mock patient sessions. Clinical assessments. And somehow, still time for the microphone. 🎙️![-]()
Our Distance Learning students at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC are practicing dentists who came here to sharpen their clinical skills and walked away with something bigger, a real sense of what it means to lead in this field, not just practice in it.![-]()
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Thinking about what advanced training could look like for you? Explore our Distance Learning programs at ostrowonline.usc.edu 🔗![-]()
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Week 2 of Bootcamp and the energy in the room is something else entirely. 🎙️![-]()
Clinical lectures, hands-on patient simulations, assessments and yes, another trip to the podcast studio. Because once you give a group of driven dental professionals a microphone, they are not done with it after one week.![-]()
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At Ostrow, we train clinicians who are as comfortable in the operatory as they are in a conversation about the future of their field. That combination is rare. We think it matters.![-]()
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Week 2 of Bootcamp is in full swing for our Distance Learning students at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC. 🦷![-]()
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From expert-led lectures in orofacial pain diagnosis, pharmacology, and imaging interpretation, straight into hands-on mock patient sessions under faculty supervision. Every examination, injection technique, and clinical decision practiced in real time with guidance from our world-class faculty.![-]()
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Interested in joining the next cohort? Learn more at ostrowonline.usc.edu 🔗![-]()
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Our Bootcamp students are in full swing. 🦷💛![-]()
Intensive lectures on orofacial pain, pharmacology, and clinical decision-making — followed by hands-on mock patient sessions using the SmartNote documentation system, the same tool used in live patient care settings. These are dentists who never stopped practicing and never stopped growing.![-]()
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Our Bootcamp 1A students made us incredibly proud this week. 🎙️🦷![-]()
In the middle of a rigorous week of lectures, mock patient encounters, and clinical assessments, they took a pause from their studies to produce and record their very first podcast episode. From their practices across the country to the USC campus and now into the podcast studio.![-]()
This is what the future of dentistry looks like. Clinicians who are also communicators. Practitioners who embrace technology not just for patient care but to connect and grow the profession they love. 💛![-]()
If you have ever thought about advancing your expertise in Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine, or any of our graduate programs, find out more and discover when you can be part of the next cohort:![-]()
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Bootcamp Week 1A is underway at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC and our Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine students are in the thick of it! 🦷💛![-]()
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This week students are diving into intensive lectures, getting hands-on time with mock patients, and learning to work with the SmartNote system — the same clinical documentation tool used in real orofacial pain practice. This is distance learning at its best: rigorous, clinically grounded, and designed to produce dental professionals who are ready for anything.![-]()
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If you have ever thought about advancing your expertise in orofacial pain and oral medicine, this is what your training could look like. Our OFPOM program is open to licensed dentists ready to take their careers to the next level. 🎓![-]()
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Bootcamp season is here and our OFPOM students are showing up. 🦷✨![-]()
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Week 1A is packed — lectures, mock patient sessions, and hands-on training with the SmartNote clinical documentation system. This is what happens when distance learning meets real-world practice. 💛🔴![-]()
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Ready to take your dental career to the next level? Our Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine program might be exactly what you are looking for. 🎓![-]()
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