The Department of Dentistry is one of the largest in the United States. There are fifteen general practice operatories, two oral and maxillofacial surgery operatories, and a completely equipped operating room suite and recovery room. In addition, there are two X-ray rooms with panoramic and cephalometric as well as standard radiographic equipment. There is also a dental laboratory. The Department has the latest equipment for instrumentation in implantology, laser surgery, and endodontic and periodontic evaluation. The resident has access to the extensive Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library of the Icahn School of Medicine. In addition, the resident can take advantage of the wealth of lectures, clinics, and diagnostic and research laboratories and equipment located throughout the medical center. There are ample opportunities for clinical as well as basic science research.

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Mount Sinai offers a comprehensive one-year residency program in general dentistry. The program is fully accredited by the Commission on Dental Education of the American Dental Association. The Mount Sinai Hospital is one of the oldest, largest, most prestigious voluntary hospitals in the United States. The Hospital has approximately 1200 inpatient beds, and its five hundred residents and fellows representing 37 specialties treat over 40,000 inpatients yearly. There are approximately 285,000 outpatient visits per year, of which about 20,000 are to the Department of Dentistry. The Department is housed in the thirty-one-story Annenberg Building in the heart of the Mount Sinai campus.