Prosthodontics Courses

PROSTHODONTIC SEMINAR SERIES I-IV
Mandatory - first year residents
Fall and Spring, yearly
Drs. Gerald N. Graser and James L. Soltys

Objectives: To review the prosthodontic literature, including the most recent as well as classical literature. Dental residents provide an update to the bibliography and prepare a seminar to cover selected topics in fixed, removable, implant prosthodontics, maxillofacial prosthodontics, and temporomandibular dysfunction.

INTRODUCTION TO DENTAL IMPLANTS
Mandatory - first year residents
Fall, yearly
Drs. Gerald N. Graser and Sean W. Meitner

Objectives: To provide an overview of dental implants; to present a basic understanding of the biological principles of osseointegration, diagnostic radiology along with surgical and prosthetic procedures for endosseous implants; and to discuss blade and subperiosteal implants.

IMPLANT SEMINAR LITERATURE REVIEW
Mandatory - second and third year residents
Fall and Spring, yearly
Drs.Paul Romano and Sean Meitner

This seminar will concentrate on more recent literature as it relates to endosseous dental implants. Surgical and prosthetic aspects will be reviewed by residents and discussed by faculty. Surgical literature will include anatomy, histology, diagnosis, physiology, microbiology, types of implants, and longitudinal studies. Prosthetic literature will include diagnosis, treatment planning, biomechanical and technical considerations, prosthetic treatment of the edentulous and partially edentulous jaws as well as maxillofacial considerations and complications.

JOURNAL REVIEW SEMINAR
Mandatory - first, second and third year residents
Fall and Spring, yearly
Prosthodontic Faculty

Objectives: To review the most recent literature from several prosthodontic journals. Residents and faculty will discuss and evaluate the literature in order to determine its relevancy to clinical practice and appropriateness for laboratory and clinical research design.

CASE PRESENTATION CONFERENCE
Mandatory - first, second, and third year residents
Fall and Spring, yearly
Drs. Gerald N. Graser, Carlo Ercoli, James L. Soltys

Objectives: For residents and faculty to present patients treatment plans; review those patients currently under treatment or whose treatment has been completed; and, illustrate relative aspects of care through radiographs, slide and/or diagnostic and treatment casts. The patients may illustrate any aspect of prosthodontic therapy as well as clinical materials and techniques.

PROSTHODONTIC CLINICAL AND LABORATORY TECHNIQUE
Mandatory - first year residents
Summer, yearly
Drs.Carlo Ercoli, Gerald N. Graser and James L. Soltys

Objectives: To provide residents with the fundamentals of clinical and laboratory procedures and give them a common background from which to proceed before patient treatment. Clinical procedures will be simulated. Faculty will discuss dental laboratory procedures for complete and partially (fixed and removable) edentulous situations.

PROSTHODONTIC VISITING FACULTY SEMINAR SERIES
Mandatory - first year residents
Spring, yearly
Drs. Carlo Ercoli and Gerald N. Graser

Objectives: For visiting faculty to present lectures on advanced topics relating to fixed, removable, maxillofacial, and implant prosthodontics.

DENTAL MATERIALS SERIES
Mandatory - first year residents
Fall and Spring yearly
Dr. Charles M. Oster

Objectives: To give residents a working background of dental materials used both in the clinical and laboratory setting.

OCCLUSION SEMINAR
Mandatory - first year residents
Fall, yearly
Dr. James L. Soltys

Objectives: To provide the residents with a thorough background on the history of occlusal concepts, different types of articulators, occlusal schemes, and application of principles necessary in dental reconstruction. Residents learn through lectures, laboratory exercises, and hands-on clinical demonstrations.

RESEARCH PROJECT
Mandatory - first, second, and third year residents
Fall and Spring, yearly
Prosthodontic Faculty

Objectives: For each resident to develop a research project. The project is dependent upon the individuals involvement in an advanced degree program or not. Finished project results will be written and possibly submitted for publication.

PROSTHODONTICS CLINIC
Mandatory - first, second, and third year residents
Fall and Spring, yearly
Prosthodontic Faculty

Objectives: To provide comprehensive prosthodontic care within the clinic. The degree of difficulty of the treatment is coordinated with the resident training level. Treatment is overseen by faculty from diagnosis and treatment planning to the delivery of the prosthesis. Interaction with the patients physician, general dentist and other dental and medical specialties is emphasized as indicated for each situation.

TREATMENT PLANNING CONFERENCE
Mandatory - all residents
Fall and Spring, yearly
Drs.Carlo Ercoli, Gerald N. Graser and James L. Soltys

To review patient clinical conditions and discuss treatment plans. To select the most appropriate treatment based on evidence-based available information. To provide a forum for discussion among residents and faculty for the purpose of evaluating indications and contraindications, advantages and disadvantages of specific treatment modalities.

DENTAL IMPLANT SEMINARS
Mandatory - all residents
Fall and Spring, every other year
Drs. Carlo Ercoli, Paul Romano

To review the surgical and prosthodontic literature regarding dental implant treatment. This is an opportunity for the prosthodontic, periodontics and oral and maxillofacial surgery residents to provide an in-depth review and presentation of the available literature on several surgical and prosthodontic topics related to implant dentistry.

DENTAL IMPLANTS FACULTY SEMINARS
Mandatory - all residents
Fall and Spring, every other year (alternating with the above mentioned course)
Drs. Carlo Ercoli, Paul Romano

Prosthodontic, periodontics and oral and maxillofacial surgery faculty present seminars on selected topics and clinical cases related to implant dentistry.

PROSTHODONTIC-PERIODONTICS LITERATURE REVIEW CONFERENCE
Mandatory - all residents
Fall and Spring, yearly
Drs. Carlo Ercoli, Paul Romano

To review relevant literature on common topics of intereest between periodontics and prosthodontics. Residents from both areas work together to review and present the current literature.

PROSTHODONTIC-PERIODONTICS CASE PRESENTATION CONFERENCE
Mandatory, all residents
Fall and Spring, yearly
Drs. Jack G. Caton, Carlo Ercoli,Gerald N. Graser, Paul Romano

Senior prosthodontic and periodontics residents present clinical casees which have been jointly treated by the two residents. Duscussion of the case from a technical and management standpoint is provided.

IMPLANT TREATMENT PLANNING CONFERENCES
Mandatory, all residents
Fall and Spring, yearly
Drs. Carlo Ercoli, Paul Romano and Sean W. Meitner

Current implant cases that are to be treated in the periodontics and prosthodontic clinics are reviewed and discussed. Treatment rationale, indications and contraindication are also reviewed and discussed among faculty and residents.

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