Interdisciplinary Seminars: Esthetics and Function

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This seminar course, calls for Orthodontics, Oral Surgery, Periodontic and Prosthodontic residents to discuss and treatment plan together comprehensive cases, common to each specialty and involving Functional and Esthetic Problems. Following presentation of the case, etiologic factors, prognosis, and treatment plans will be discussed by the participants. Evaluation of the treatment plan options will be conducted in group discussions with one faculty and one resident of each discipline per table. Each group will be provided with casts, radiographs and patient history Presentations will be critiqued and alternative therapy discussed by residents and faculty. Residents are expected to support their diagnoses and treatment approaches with references from the scientific literature, and to compare the results of their treatment with that reported previously in clinical trials. Emphasis will be placed on a comprehensive analysis and sequencing of treatment from a prosthodontic, periodontic, and orthodontic standpoint. Lecture Hours: 1 Repeatability: May not be repeated for credit. Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory, Audit College Restrictions: Residents Schedule Type (Primary): Seminar - Small Group Click here for the Schedule of Classes.