Postdoctoral Prosthodontics (PR)

• SDM PR 720: Practice Management
  This course reviews fundamental principles of managing a dental practice with emphasis on record keeping, risk management, human resources, and business.
• SDM PR 750: Preclinical Restorative
  Laboratory instruction that will introduce new techniques and enhance technical restorative skills. Will provide exposure to procedures not exposed at the pre-doctoral level and give in-depth rationales of all potential clinical procedures that students will be expected to perform during their clinical career. 1st sem.
• SDM PR 761: Occlusion 1
  An introduction to the principles of occlusion, this course is focused on the analysis and management of occlusion as related to dental, periodontal, and orofacial soft and hard tissues, and to restorative dentistry.
• SDM PR 762: Dental Sleep Medicine in Prosthodontics
  The course focuses on the latest trends in Dental Sleep Medicine, the relationship between prosthodontics and sleep-disordered breathing and the use of oral appliance therapy to manage sleep-disordered breathing, including snoring and obstructive sleep apnea.
• SDM PR 763: Advanced Occlusion in Prosthodontics
  This course is an in-depth instruction of advanced principles of occlusion for clinical prosthodontic applications. Topics include the study of predominant philosophies, mechanical and biological concepts, craniofacial considerations, and modern technologies.
• SDM PR 801: Fixed Prosthodontics
  This advanced level course covers all aspects of fixed prosthodontic therapy with emphasis on contemporary materials and techniques, treatment planning considerations, and the principles of occlusion as they relate to fixed prosthodontics.
• SDM PR 802: Implantology in Prosthodontic Practice
  The didactic and hands-on laboratory course is a comprehensive surgical and prosthetic implant training that includes the evaluation, planning, placement, and restoration of contemporary dental implant systems. During the hands on portion of the course, students have the opportunity to practice drilling protocol and implant placement in partially edentulous artificial jaw models utilizing semi guided and free hand protocol, practice flap designs and different suture techniques. The prosthetic hands-on portion of the course includes training on the restoration of single, few, and full arch dental implants using simulated laboratory models.
• SDM PR 803: Removable Complete Denture Prosthodontics
  Prerequisite for the clinical program. Participation in endodontic procedures performed on extracted teeth where the student gains the clinical skills and the scientific knowledge necessary to treat patients. Lectures and clinical demonstrations by the endodontic faculty cover an extensive range of clinical procedures. 1st sem.
• SDM PR 804: Case Presentation and Patient Care Conference
  Comprehensive patient care conference exploring diagnosis, treatment planning, and management of ongoing clinical cases, as well as the evaluation of health, function, esthetic and implementation of digital dentistry during clinical cases. Dr. Cassis.
• SDM PR 805: Esthetics in Prosthodontics
  This course reviews the principles of esthetics as they relate to contemporary prosthodontics. Basic materials and methods used to improve the esthetic appearance of patients are described and illustrated in detail. Topics covered include: porcelain laminate veneers, inlays and onlays; all-ceramic complete crowns; principles of color and shade selection; composite resin bonding; the interaction of esthetics and function; esthetic management of the dentogingival unit; tooth whitening; and esthetic control with implant-supported prostheses.
• SDM PR 806: Removable Partial Dentures
  Advanced-level course related to the treatment of partially edentulous patients with removable partial dentures. Emphasis is placed on diagnosis, treatment planning, and methods of stress control. 1st and 2nd sem.
• SDM PR 807: Prosthodontics Treatment Planning Seminar 1
  Series of seminars on diagnosis and treatment planning for patients with complex prosthodontic needs. Students develop expertise in comprehensive treatment planning along with the development of presentation skills. Residents of all years participate, and will each have 1 presentation every year, an additional presentation in second year documenting cases treated in the maxillofacial prosthetics rotation, and one final case presentation in third year documenting completed cases.
• SDM PR 808: Prosthodontics Treatment Planning Seminar 2
  Series of seminars on diagnosis and treatment planning for patients with complex prosthodontic needs. Students develop expertise in comprehensive treatment planning along with the development of presentation skills. Residents of all years participate, and will each have 1 presentation every year, an additional presentation in second year documenting cases treated in the maxillofacial prosthetics rotation, and one final case presentation in third year documenting completed cases.
• SDM PR 809: Prosthodontics Treatment Planning Seminar 3
  Series of seminars on diagnosis and treatment planning for patients with complex prosthodontic needs. Students develop expertise in comprehensive treatment planning along with the development of presentation skills. Residents of all years participate, and will each have 1 presentation every year, an additional presentation in second year documenting cases treated in the maxillofacial prosthetics rotation, and one final case presentation in third year documenting completed cases.
• SDM PR 810: Case Presentation and Treatment Planning Seminar
  Comprehensive patient care conference exploring diagnosis, treatment planning and management of ongoing clinical cases.
• SDM PR 812: Prosthodontics Seminar and Literature Review
  An in-depth review of procedures and techniques in restorative dentistry, including an extensive review of a wide range of research articles discussing restorative procedures and innovations. 1st sem.
• SDM PR 815: Basic Prosthodontic Techniques
  This is an intensive calibration course for first-year residents in the Postdoctoral Prosthodontics Program at BUGSDM. The curriculum emphasizes fundamental clinical and laboratory prosthodontic theories and techniques, preparing residents for patient care. Through hands-on sessions and demonstrations, participants gain competency in diagnostic workflows, tooth preparation, complete and partial dentures, implant prosthodontics, and occlusal device fabrication.
• SDM PR 820: Advanced Prosthodontic Techniques
  This course is a hands on program that focuses on a variety of laboratory and simulated clinical procedures in prosthodontics. First-year students will receive demonstrations by the dental technologists and will actively participate in the laboratory procedures guided by the dental technologists. Simulated patient cases are used to demonstrate and practice prosthodontic treatment in various types of oral rehabilitation. This course would include, but not limited to: pouring of final impression, scanning of casts, fabrication of digital and conventional master models; conventional and virtual mounting of models; virtually designing custom abutments; crowns and FPDs (tooth and implant supported); RPD frameworks, digital removable complete dentures; milling and printing of provisional crowns and surgical guides; milling of definitive crowns, investing and pressing ceramic crowns; staining and glazing of crowns; photography for case communication with dental technologists, and more.
• SDM PR 821: Maxillofacial Prosthetics
  A comprehensive didactic program focusing on all aspects of the rehabilitation of patients with congenital and acquired maxillofacial defects.
• SDM PR 822: Prosthodontics Laboratory Rotation
  This course is an opportunity for second-year students to work closely with digital technology faculty on analog and digital laboratory aspects of their ongoing cases. Weekly rotations are scheduled in rotating student pairs in order to share and collaborate student experiences among the second-year class, while gaining progress with ongoing case in-house labwork.