Description

Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry is seeking applicants for faculty positions. Academically oriented dentists who are interested in teaching, learning and expanding their academic careers are welcomed to apply.

If you are currently a faculty at a US or Canadian dental school or you meet the qualifications of the positions listed below, please send a CV, names and contact information of five references, and a cover letter detailing your vision for the future, aspirations, achievements, and why you want to join the Temple Dental team. Please submit the documents to Associate Dean, Jo Ann Nyquist, jo.ann.nyquist@temple.edu.

Academic duties: Faculty are expected to teach in the predoctoral and postdoctoral programs, and must also be competent to practice in their field and provide direct patient care daily as part of teaching. Temple’s Dental model of education is based on an apprenticeship model where faculty are engaged as clinicians and educators, in provision of care with the students or residents.

Requirements

Requirements: All faculty must have a DMD/DDS from a CODA accredited school, a foreign equivalent, such as a BDS, may be considered, and must have or be able to obtain a license to practice dentistry in Pennsylvania in addition to the below requirements. Applicants with experience in accreditation will be preferred.

Applicants must have an advanced prosthodontic certificate from a CODA accredited specialty program and be board certified or eligible with the American Academy of Prosthodontics, and must have experience in didactic teaching, clinical teaching, course directorship, and expertise in prosthodontics.

Preference will be for applicants who have taught predoctoral and postdoctoral courses in prosthodontics and comprehensive dentistry and have developed advanced skills in digital dentistry, a field which has been highly advanced at the dental school. Preference will be for applicants with highly advanced skills in digital dentistry.