该结合专业是临床专业，联合授予颅面科学学位。该学位为临床人员、研究学者和教师提供教育与培训。获得畸齿矫正学文凭需要达到牙科学院文凭的临床和教学要求，达到颅面科学博士学位的课程要求，向研究生院提交论文并完成答辩。该专业中，学位和文凭同时授予，学生必须在毕业前都达到要求。该专业要求修读至少6年，从而帮助学生为临床实践和研究生涯做好准备。毕业生有资格参与加拿大皇家牙科学院和美国畸齿矫正学协会开设的专业资格考试。
This combined program option is a clinical specialty program that is offered in conjunction with a PhD in Craniofacial Science. The program provides education and training for potential clinicians, researchers, and teachers. Completion of the Diploma in Periodontics requires completion of the clinical and didactic requirements associated with the diploma program in the Faculty of Dentistry, and successful completion of the PhD in Craniofacial Science course requirements, and successful defense and submission of their thesis to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. In this program option, the degree and the diploma are awarded conjointly and both must be completed to graduate. The combined program will require a minimum of six years to prepare the student for clinical practice and a research career. Graduates will be eligible to take the examination for specialty certification in prosthodontics offered by The Royal College of Dentists of Canada and the American Board of Periodontics.