General Practice Residency and AEGD Programs in Wisconsin
Wisconsin has 2 CODA-accredited advanced dental education programs in general dentistry: 1 general practice residency (GPR) program and 1 advanced education in general dentistry (AEGD) program, both based in Milwaukee.
Each is listed below with its institution, city, program type, current accreditation status, and the years of CODA's last and next accreditation visits, pulled directly from the Commission on Dental Accreditation's own program directory.
Read on for how a GPR differs from an AEGD in CODA's own words, and what comes after residency.
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At a glance
In Wisconsin
Programs
2
With a program
Cities
1
Approval without Reporting Requirements
Fully approved
1 of 2
Every CODA-Accredited Program in Wisconsin
Source: CODA program directory, index dated 2026-09-09. Status terms (“Approval without Reporting Requirements,” “Approval with Reporting Requirements,” “Initial Accreditation,” “Discontinued,” etc.) are CODA’s own.
Reading the List: Program Types and What Wisconsin's Accreditation Statuses Mean
The Type column is CODA's own classification, not this site's.
CODA accredits two kinds of postdoctoral general dentistry program — the General Practice Residency (GPR) and Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) — and, for each, three formats: one-year programs, one-year programs with an optional second year, and two-year programs.
The length shown is the format CODA lists the program under, not a promise about any resident's schedule; confirm it with the program.
The statuses shown above are also CODA's own terms. "Approval (without Reporting Requirements)" is the classification CODA grants when a program "achieves or exceeds the basic requirements for accreditation." "Approval (with Reporting Requirements)" would mean CODA had identified specific deficiencies the program must correct within a set timeframe. "Initial Accreditation" — the status shown for Wisconsin's GPR program — marks a program that is not yet fully operational because it "has [not] enrolled and graduated at least one class of students"; it is not a lesser or provisional form of accreditation, just an earlier stage of the same process.
The last- and next-visit years are CODA's accreditation-visit schedule, not anything set by the program.
For admissions requirements or program structure, contact the program directly, and confirm any program's current status with CODA before applying.
GPR or AEGD: The Difference in CODA's Own Words
Both program types are what CODA calls advanced dental education programs, and neither is one of the recognized dental specialties — a GPR or AEGD graduate practices as a general dentist.
CODA's accreditation standards state the same goal for both: programs "designed to provide training beyond the level of pre-doctoral education in oral health care" that "expand the scope and depth of the graduates' knowledge and skills to enable them to provide comprehensive oral health care to a wide range of population groups." The difference the standards draw is sponsorship.
A GPR, like Marquette's, must be sponsored or co-sponsored by a United States-based hospital, or by an institution affiliated with an accredited hospital, and its residents are appointed to that hospital's house staff; one of the GPR's stated goals is that graduates "function effectively within the hospital and other health care environments." The AEGD standards carry no hospital-sponsorship requirement and instead ask graduates to "function effectively and efficiently in multiple health care environments within interdisciplinary health care teams." For how residency training and board certification fit together more broadly, see our guide to dental residency and board certification.
After Residency in Wisconsin
A GPR or AEGD is a postdoctoral year, not a license.
Graduates of the Marquette University School of Dentistry and Zablocki VA Great Lakes/Milwaukee programs who go on to practice in Wisconsin need an active dentist license from the Wisconsin Dentistry Examining Board, and whether it expects postgraduate training before issuing one is the state's call — see Wisconsin's dentist licensure requirements rather than any program's description.
Residents who train in Milwaukee and go on to practice in Wisconsin can check dentist salary in Wisconsin for state-level pay data and search current dentist jobs to see who's hiring now.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many GPR and AEGD programs are in Wisconsin?
Wisconsin has 2 CODA-accredited postdoctoral general dentistry programs: 1 general practice residency and 1 AEGD program, both in Milwaukee.
Each is listed above with its institution, program type and current CODA accreditation status.
CODA's own directory is the definitive, up-to-date source — confirm a program's status directly with CODA before applying.
What is the difference between a GPR and an AEGD?
Both are advanced dental education programs in general dentistry, accredited by CODA under separate standards that state the same goal: training beyond dental school toward comprehensive oral health care.
The GPR standards require hospital sponsorship or affiliation and place residents on the hospital's house staff; the AEGD standards have no hospital requirement and emphasize working across multiple health care environments in interdisciplinary teams.
Neither is a specialty — graduates practice as general dentists.
What does "Initial Accreditation" mean for Wisconsin's GPR program?
It's CODA's classification for a program that has not yet enrolled and graduated at least one full class of residents — CODA's own term is that the program is not yet "fully operational." It isn't a warning about program quality; it's the accreditation stage every new program passes through before its status can be reviewed under the fuller "Approval" classifications.
Confirm current status directly with CODA before applying.
Do I have to complete a residency in Wisconsin to practice as a dentist there?
No. CODA accreditation is national, so a GPR or AEGD completed in another state carries the same accreditation standing.
What Wisconsin requires before it will license a dentist — including whether any postgraduate training is expected — is set by the state, not by a program, so see our Wisconsin dentist licensure page and confirm with the state dental board before you plan around a residency.
Is every program on this list accredited?
Every program above is shown with the CODA accreditation status CODA had published for it as of 2026-09-09, the date this directory was last pulled from CODA's own program search. "Approval without Reporting Requirements" is CODA's standard fully-accredited standing; other status terms on this page — such as "Approval with Reporting Requirements," "Initial Accreditation," or "Discontinued" — mean something different, and a status can change after that date.
Confirm a program's current status directly with CODA before applying.
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Sourced from the CODA program directory (index dated 2026-09-09). Verified September 2026. Program details change. Confirm accreditation status, admission requirements and costs with the program and with CODA before applying.