Specialize in Prosthodontics—Make a Difference
The Advanced Specialty Education in Prosthodontics Program welcomes you. This three-year program is accredited by the American Dental Association (ADA) Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA), reflecting the comprehensive and rigorous educational opportunity it provides. If you successfully complete the requirements of this program, you will receive a Certificate of Achievement in Prosthodontics and will be qualified to take the American Board of Prosthodontics (ABP) Certifying Examinations.
Program Goals and Objectives
The postgraduate prosthodontics program aims to provide residents with the knowledge and skills to meet all standards established by the CODA. During the 36 months of program, extensive didactic, clinical and laboratory phases of training are offered in, but are not limited to:
- Fixed and removable prosthodontics
- Esthetic dentistry
- Implant dentistry (including surgical placement)
- Digital CAD/CAM dentistry
- Maxillofacial prosthetics
- Partial and full mouth rehabilitation
Additional emphasis is also placed on diagnosis, treatment planning, as well as comprehensive care for advanced patients, using an evidence-based, multidisciplinary approach. The latest digital CAD/CAM technology is well integrated into the program’s educational and patient care processes that take place in the newly built facility, including library, clinic, and laboratory with access to:
- Intraoral and laboratory scanners
- CAD design and modeling software and Implant planning software
- 3D dental printer and 5-axis CAM milling machine
- Jaw tracking device
Starting on July 1 of the first year and continuing through June 30 of the third year of program, students are offered a plethora of courses and placements to give them the skills and knowledge they need. Recent examples of the courses offered include:
Advanced Education Courses
- Introduction to Biostatistics
- Biostatistics I and II
- Principles and Methods of Epidemiology
- Critical Evaluation of Scientific Literature
- Research Methodology
- Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology
- Oral Medicine
- Review of Orofacial Pain
- Dental Pharmacology
- Bone Biology
- Clinico-Pathologic Conferences in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
- Biology of Saliva & Salivary Glands
- Interdisciplinary Treatment Planning Seminar
- Complex Case Management Seminar
- Implant Dentistry A-Z
Departmental Courses
- Head & Neck Anatomy
- Comprehensive Classic Literature Review
- Current Literature review
- Advanced Prosthodontic treatment Planning Seminar
- Implant Surgical Seminar
- Integrated Treatment Planning and Sequencing Seminar
- Advanced Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics
- Advanced Removable Prosthodontics
- Advanced Implant Prosthodontics
- Advanced Occlusion
- Advanced Prosthodontics Clinic
- ABP Board Preparation
Associated clinic: Prosthodontic Clinic
The certificate program may be combined with the Master of Science (MS) program upon the program director’s approval. If residents are enrolled in the three-year combined program, both the certificate and the MS degree will be awarded together only after all requirements for the certificate and the MS programs are completed.
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