Touro Dental Health Locations
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Sixth Graduating Class Recognized for Academic Excellence, Clinical Training, and Service
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The Future of Dental Education
(TEXT) Ronnie Myers, D.D.S. Dean, Professor of Dental Medicine
Dr. Myers speaks with the Touro College of Dental Medicine's Dental Simulation Laboratory in the background.
Welcome to your virtual tour of Touro College of Dental Medicine, part of the Touro University system.
A view of Touro College of Dental Medicine (TCDM) at New York Medical College campus from above, surrounded by green lawns and trees. Image of the clinical training facility, a shining, glass-walled multi-story structure.
Our exceptional, educational, clinical, and physical facilities are located on the beautiful campus of New York Medical College in Westchester County just 30 minutes from New York City. Founded in 2016 and having already graduated four classes, our students have gone on to some of the most prestigious medical institutions for residencies and into private practices around the country.
Touro College of Dental Medicine (TCDM) students pose for a photo with signs that reads, I matched! Listed are their fields of discipline and their accepted medical institution GPR at Yale, Prosthodontics at UNC Chapel Hill, GPR at Oregon Health & Science University, GPR at St. Barnabas, Jersey City Medical Center, JFK Medical Center, USC, and Prosthodontics at Harvard. Followed by picture of female students smiling in graduation regalia.
(TEXT) Bert Goldfinger, D.D.S. Director of Preclinical Dentistry.
Dr. Goldfinger speaks to the camera against a plain background.
About 85% of our students apply for general practice residencies upon graduation, the other 15% may go on to any number of work opportunities. We've been extremely fortunate that we've had three students go to Harvard, three students to University of Pennsylvania, Oklahoma. All of the top top postgraduate programs have accepted our students and have accepted them in repeated years.
Dr. Myers speaks with the dental simulation center in the background. Examples of 3D digital dentistry cases are then seen on a screen.
Touro College of Dental Medicine is the newest dental school in 50 years in both New York State and the entire Northeast. The robust curriculum, expert faculty, and state of the art digital technology at Touro College of Dental Medicine puts our students at the forefront of dental education.
(TEXT) Golda Erdfarb, D.D.S. Associate Professor of Dental Medicine
Dr. Erdfarb speaks to the camera against a plain background.
When Touro started, its vision was to always make sure that our students were at the cutting edge of technology.
(TEXT) Sunil Abraham, Digital Technology Administrator
Sunil speaks to the camera against a plain background digital dental scans.
Touro was built with the intention of being one of the very first fully digital dental schools in the country. And with that idea basically, we want the students to have their hands on technology starting day one. They'll learn how to do everything analog, followed by a digital component. So there is really no wait for them to get their hands on technology.
Dr. Myers presents in the dental simulation lab setting and then you see an example of the tools he mentions – X-ray units, intraoral scanners, etc.
Available technology for everyday clinic use includes X-ray units in each operatory, three shaped intraoral scanners, cone beam CT, panoramic radiographic units, chair side digital scan design, and a complete digital laboratory for printing and milling.
(TEXT) Daniel Bakhadj, Class of 2024
Daniel speaks to the camera against a plain background. You then see gowned and masked students wearing dental loupes, working with instructors on a patient in the clinic.
They're not just training us to be dentists, they're not just training us for these four years. They're training us for 10, 20, 30 years down the line. Touro has really done a great job of setting our expectations.
Video clips of the Touro College of Dental Medicine glass building and indoor Touro Dental Health signages. Clinical faculty instructs students in the clinic, while treating a patient, in various clinics. You see a sign for Touro Dental Health Kids followed by a clinical faculty treating a child and students socializing in student center, playing ping pong, eating lunch.
Our 42,000-square-foot clinical training facility, Touro Dental Health, which provides over 45,000 patient visits per year. Opened in 2018, this modern 115-chair facility includes six separate comprehensive care practices, as well as specialty clinics for oral surgery
and dental onyx, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, and complex care.
Other amenities located within the Skyline Drive complex include a cafe, student lockers, a student vending and lunchroom, a lactation room, a room designated for prayer and worship, and a synagogue, which is located on campus.
Dr. Goldfinger speaks to the camera against a plain background. Clips of students working in the simulation lab are then shown.
We have a student health and wellness program that is wonderful. We start out in year 1, we have intimate lunches with 10 or 12 D1 students and we speak to them about the fact that they're going to encounter challenges in dental school and that they should not shy away from asking for help.
(TEXT) Rhonda Kaufman, D.D.S., Assistant Dean of Clinical Education
Dr. Kaufman speaks to the camera against a plain background.
We discuss on a daily, weekly, and monthly schedule of how they're doing, how they're progressing through school. And because we don't make appointments they can come in and out any time they want, and they do come in and out anytime they want. We can talk
about school, we can talk about sports, we can talk just about de-stressing. I love my students here.
(TEXT) Daniela Benzaquen, Class of 2024
Daniela speaks to the camera against a plain background. Clips of students working together in clinic are then displayed – reviewing a chart on a computer screen and working on patients in the clinic.
Starting in clinic was really daunting, and one of the things that brought me a lot of comfort was being paired with a D4. He was there to support me, to guide me. He really mentored me in exactly the ways that I needed. I really love the environment here not only is everybody kind but also within our classes, everybody is friendly, we're always looking to help each other. It's not really a cutthroat environment, everybody loves each other and that is I think my favorite part about being a student at Touro.
Clinical faculty working on a patient in the clinic, illustrating technique to student. Dr. Myers presents with the simulation lab background. Birds eye view of medical facility to illustrate regional partners.
Working alongside expert faculty from every dental specialty provides students with a well-rounded dental education and more hands-on experience than many dental schools given orthodontics is our only graduate program. Students also gain valuable clinical experience through externships with community-based partners, including regional hospitals, federally qualified health centers, and clinics for special needs patients, some of which are located on our campus.
Daniel speaks to the camera against a plain background, followed by clips of students in the clinic working with children – children in dental chairs, in the waiting room playing with toys and learning about healthy foods, walking down the hall giving high fives to TCDM students and staff.
Another aspect of the school that I really have enjoyed is how big of a community outreach program that there is, whether it’s Smiles for Vets or Give Kids a Smile day which I'm personally involved in. We're seeing patients and kids, have never seen a dentist
or haven't seen a dentist in years. There's a population in need and I'm really looking forward to serving underserved populations and working with different groups of people from all different backgrounds.
Dr. Myers speaks with the dental simulation center in the background, followed by clips of students in a classroom and a birds eye view of the New York Medical College campus.
These experiences offer a chance for students to put their learning into practice, conduct research, or interact with patients and professionals in preparation for their future careers. Our 248,000-square-foot complex houses almost all of its educational facilities under one roof. Additional classes are held nearby on the campus of New York Medical College, one of the oldest health science colleges in the country. Our students utilize New York Medical College research facilities, anatomy lab, simulation training center, auditoriums as well as
many amenities, including a cafeteria and cafe, the Health Science Library, sports facilities, and many common spaces.
Aerial shot of Albuquerque, followed by architectural drawings of the facilities and high fidelity renderings of new dental treatment stations. Video clips of different dental students smiling at the camera.
In addition, we are looking forward to the 2025 opening of our clinical facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico on the campus of Lovelace Biomedical Research Center.
The brand new facilities will consist of separate comprehensive clinics with laboratories equipped with the same state of the art digital dentistry tools as our New York clinic as well as space for a lecture hall, seminar rooms, study halls, and a student lounge. Students will have the opportunity to choose where they will complete their clinical work upon applying to the school. We are looking forward to bringing Touro's professional compassionate care to the underserved people of New Mexico, just as we do in the Lower Hudson Valley. We certainly hope you will get a chance to visit us in person. I along with the entire faculty look
forward to welcoming you to the Touro College of Dental Medicine.
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