Together We Can Make a Difference
The Advanced Education in Esthetics and Operative Dentistry (AEEOD) Certificate Program allows students to have direct interaction with most dental specialties, including Prosthodontics, Periodontics, Endodontics, and Orthodontics. This multidisciplinary approach to your education will prepare you to diagnose and manage patients’ esthetic, restorative, and functional dental needs.
Program Goals and Objectives
Our goal is to prepare the next generation of leaders in oral health. Our rigorous curriculum combined with experiential learning in clinical settings gives students the knowledge, skills and confidence to provide exceptional care and address the full range of their patients’ esthetic, restorative, and functional oral needs.
During their clinical curriculum, students are exposed to all specialty phases of dentistry and medicine as they apply to esthetics. They are trained to:
- provide comprehensive dental care;
- leverage the latest technologies available (including intraoral scanners, 3D printers, digitally guided implant planning, digital design, and milled restorations);
- perform state of the art care, from simple adjustments to more extensive smile reconstruction (including teeth whitening, direct composite restorations, porcelain laminate veneers, ceramic crowns, computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) restorations, and implant-supported crowns);
- develop effective treatment planning and administrative skills that can be applied to their patients;
- teach undergraduate students in Operative Dentistry.
We offer a robust selection of required and elective courses, in areas such as:
- Biostatistics
- Biomaterials
- Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology
- Management of the Medically Compromised Dental Patient
- Dental Pharmacology
- Overview of TMD & Orofacial Pain
- Advanced Esthetic Treatment Planning Seminar
- Comprehensive Literature Review
- Preclinical and Advanced Operative and Esthetic Dentistry Courses
- Digital Dentistry
- Advanced Prosthodontic Treatment Planning Seminar
- Head & Neck Anatomy for Prosthodontics
Associated Clinic: Esthetic Dentistry Clinic
A Master of Science degree may be combined with the Certificate program upon approval by the program director. Successful completion of a combined Advanced Education-Master of Science program is expected to require a minimum of 36 months (specific conditions apply).
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