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participating in one of 8 general and specialty programs. In addition, our faculty expanded from 525 to 645 dental leaders and highly-skilled practitioners who mentored our students and supported them as they developed expertise to face any oral healthcare challenge. Under the direction of Dr. Charles Azzaretti, LMC Dental’s Dental Anesthesiology program will expand with the incoming class in 2015 from a 2-year program to a 3-year program with significant focus on research in year 3. Our AEGD, GPR, Orofacial Pain and Endontics programs received accolades from CODA site reviewers and were approved without recommendations. I am proud that LMC Dental has expanded its good works to communities in need while at the same time providing excellent preparation for the future challenges of oral healthcare. With more than 300 training sites in our general and specialty programs, LMC Dental remains the most innovative and largest postdoctoral residency program in the world. I am excited about the future and re-commit to collaboratively finding solutions to inequities in access to oral healthcare. Neal A. Demby, DMD, MPH, D-A.B.S.C.D. 5 Lutheran Medical Center Dental Medicine PostDoctoral DENTAL RESIDENCY PROGRAMS ANNUAL REPORT 2013-2014 5