牙科公共卫生理学硕士课程需要40课时的课程，并且计划在两个学年的全日制学习中完成。它使牙医和牙齿卫生员成为牙科公共卫生方面的专家。该计划强调研究，需要一个研究项目，最终完成论文并完成论文答辩。成功的牙医毕业生符合接受美国牙科公共卫生委员会认证考试资格的教育要求。
Students will demonstrate:<br><br>in-depth knowledge of the core concepts of public health, including those within the disciplines of epidemiology, biostatistics, behavioral science, environmental health, and health care policy and management, and<br>in-depth knowledge of, and the ability to apply, the 10 competencies that define dental public health, manage oral health programs for population health, evaluate systems of care that impact oral health, demonstrate ethical decision-making in the practice of dental public health, design surveillance systems to measure oral health status and its determinants, communicate on oral and public health issues, lead collaborations on oral and public health issues, advocate for public health policy, legislation, and regulations to protect and promote the public's oral health and overall health, critically appraise evidence to address oral and public health issues for individuals and populations, conduct research to address oral and public health problems, integrate the social determinants of health into dental public health practice, and critical thinking skills to develop and complete an evidenced-based research project as part of their master's thesis.