Advanced Clinical Prosthodontics V

Catalog description

The provision of clinical prosthodontic care during the Advanced Education Program in Prosthodontics occurs in the Clinic inside PDM and at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center. In those settings, prosthodontic students/residents will gain advanced-level experience in the management of complex edentulous, partially edentulous and dentate patients, including the surgical placement and restoration of dental implants. Detailed diagnostic information gathering and analysis of all dental problems will be emphasized. Diverse treatment approaches to complicated prosthodontic problems will be encountered. Clinical and photographic documentation of all procedures will be accomplished and careful evaluation is made of all treatment rendered. Extensive experience will be gained in diagnosis and treatment planning and multidisciplinary care coordination. Prosthodontic students/residents will plan, place, restore, and maintain a variety of different dental implant systems. This course for advanced prosthodontics students is designed to provide extensive clinical experience in the broad spectrum of prosthodontics in a progressively complex clinical prosthodontics curriculum. Each student/resident will have the opportunity to maintain a comprehensive prosthodontics practice involving fixed, removable, and implant treatment procedures.