The department provides service through orthodontic care to the population of Western Pennsylvania and to the specialty of orthodontics through scholarship and research. The faculty are active in several areas including human genetics, craniofacial growth and development, oral and muscle physiology, biomechanics and material properties, epidemiology, evidence-based care, and cariology.

The mission of the Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics is to engage in high quality teaching, research, and public service consistent with the overall mission of School of Dental Medicine. The department seeks to play an integral role in the education of dental students and postgraduate residents in the art and science of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics.

The goals and objectives of the department are as follows:

• to comprehensively prepare competent individuals to practice orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics;
• to provide a program of education in the clinical specialty which satisfies the standards of the ADA Council on Dental Accreditation and the American Board of Orthodontics;
• to establish a base upon which to conduct a program of research in orthodontics and related area;
• to provide quality orthodontic services;
• to provide a program which encourages the orthodontic resident to participate in and develop a value for multidisciplinary orthodontic care and;
• to provide a program which produces graduates who demonstrate the necessary professional attitude toward lifelong continuing education.

The residency program in the Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics has developed a wide range of didactic, research, and clinical curricula. Included in these curricula are general orthodontic treatments and a large number of clinically-related areas of interest, such as mechanical engineering, biomechanics, speech pathology, oral physiology, human genetics, and physical anthropology.

Chair
Dr. James J. Sciote
University of Pittsburgh
School of Dental Medicine
2143 Salk Hall
3501 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone: 412-648-8419
Fax: 412-648-9727
Email: jjs6@pitt.edu

Residency Director
Dr. Joseph F. A. Petrone
University of Pittsburgh
School of Dental Medicine
2189 Salk Hall
3501 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone: 412-648-8638
Fax: 412-648-8817
Email: jfap@pitt.edu