Pediatric Dentistry Residency Programs in New York
New York has 20 CODA-accredited advanced dental education programs in pediatric dentistry, spread across 9 cities: Bronx, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Jamaica, New Hyde Park, New York, Rochester, Staten Island and Stony Brook.
Each is listed below with its institution, city, 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.
Completing one of these programs is the recognized path into the pediatric dentistry specialty — read on for what each program's status means and what happens after residency.
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At a glance
In New York
Programs
20
With a program
Cities
9
Approval without Reporting Requirements
Fully approved
20 of 20
Every CODA-Accredited Program in New York
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: What New York's Accreditation Statuses Mean
The statuses shown above are CODA's own terms, not this site's. "Approval (without Reporting Requirements)" is the classification CODA grants when a program "achieves or exceeds the basic requirements for accreditation." "Approval (with Reporting Requirements)" means CODA has identified specific deficiencies the program must correct within a set timeframe — it is not a warning to avoid the program, only a status mid-correction. "Initial Accreditation" is what CODA grants a program that is accredited but has not yet enrolled and graduated its first class of residents.
The last- and next-visit years shown are CODA's own accreditation-visit schedule, not anything set by the program itself.
For admissions requirements, program structure, or cost, contact the program directly, and confirm any program's current status with CODA before applying.
Why Accreditation Matters for the Path Into Pediatric Dentistry
Pediatric dentistry is one of 12 recognized dental specialties, and completing a CODA-accredited advanced dental education program in the specialty is how a dentist becomes a pediatric dentist.
New York has 20 accredited programs, compared with 3 in Massachusetts, 2 in Connecticut and none in Vermont nearby; wherever you train, our step-by-step guide to becoming a pediatric dentist covers the full sequence from dental school through residency, our pediatric dentist career guide what the role involves day to day, and which dental specialty pays the most how pediatric dentistry compares with the other eleven.
Graduates of programs at BronxCare Health System, Jacobi Medical Center and 18 other institutions who go on to practice in New York need a dentist license from the New York State Board for Dentistry — see New York's dentist licensure requirements for the clinical exams it accepts and the rest of what it requires.
After Residency in New York
A CODA-accredited residency is the entry point into pediatric dentistry, not the final step — practicing afterward still requires holding an active dentist license in the state where you intend to work; in New York, pediatric dentistry is practiced under a dentist license rather than a separate specialty license.
Residents who train in Bronx, Brooklyn, Buffalo or one of the state's 6 other program cities and go on to practice in New York can search current pediatric dentist jobs to see who's hiring now.
Where New York's Programs Are Located
New York's 20 programs cluster heavily in New York City: five in the Bronx, four in Brooklyn, five in New York (Manhattan), and one each in Jamaica and Staten Island — together accounting for the large majority of the state's total.
The remaining programs sit further out: Buffalo and Rochester in western New York, and New Hyde Park and Stony Brook on Long Island.
An applicant weighing programs across the state is choosing between a dense New York City cluster and a smaller set of options upstate and on Long Island.
Each program's full address and program director are listed in the table above.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many CODA-accredited pediatric dentistry residency programs are in New York?
New York has 20 CODA-accredited advanced dental education programs in pediatric dentistry, located across 9 cities: Bronx, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Jamaica, New Hyde Park, New York, Rochester, Staten Island and Stony Brook.
Each is listed above with its current CODA accreditation status, address and program director.
CODA's own directory is the definitive, up-to-date source — confirm a program's status directly with CODA before applying.
Does it matter which New York program I attend, or where in the state it's located?
CODA accreditation applies to the program, not to its location within the state — a program in Buffalo carries the same national accreditation as one in New York City.
What varies is which city fits your own logistics.
Confirm each program's current accreditation status directly with CODA before applying.
Do I have to complete a pediatric dentistry residency in New York to practice there?
No. New York licenses dentists — including pediatric dentists — who completed a CODA-accredited residency regardless of which state it's located in; what matters is the residency's CODA accreditation, not its location.
See our New York dentist licensure page for what the state itself requires before you can practice.
What comes after finishing a CODA-accredited pediatric dentistry residency?
Graduates hold an active dentist license in the state where they intend to practice; in New York, pediatric dentists practice under that dentist license rather than a separate specialty license.
Our step-by-step guide to becoming a pediatric dentist walks through the full sequence from dental school through residency and licensure.
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.