Prosthodontics - Boston University

Prosthodontics from Boston University is a Campus Certificate Medicine degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. The 36-month combined program in fixed, removable, and implant prosthodontics provides the candidate with clinical proficiency and comprehensive knowledge of the diagnosis, treatment planning, rehabilitation, and maintenance of oral function, comfort, appearance ,and health of patients with missing/damaged teeth and orofacial defects by using biocompatible artificial substitutes. The curriculum includes instruction in complete dentures, removable partial dentures, fixed prosthodontics , implant dentistry, geriatrics, temporomandibular disorders, and maxillofacial prosthodontics . The didactic background and the clinical and laboratory skills of these areas of prosthodontics are stressed. Emphasis is placed on the periodontal integrity of the patient and the supportive therapy of all other disciplines in achieving total patient care. This integration is achieved through interdisciplinary seminars with the other specialties and through coordinated treatment planning. The intensive and systematized library reading assignments and literature review seminars are an important aspect of the curriculum. They are designed to acquaint the resident with the principal facets of the prosthodontic specialty, evidence-based health care, and methods of critically reviewing the dental literature. This program follows the guidelines established by the ADA for advanced educational programs in Prosthodontics and the multidisciplinary scope of the specialty certificate examination of the American Board of Prosthodontics . Two different tracks are available for the 36-month program. The clinical track leads to the certificate of advanced graduate study (CAGS) in the specialty of Prosthodontics . Qualified residents may elect the research track, in which residents complete a research project, thesis and thesis defense in the third year and are awarded both the CAGS and the Master of Science in Dentistry (MSD) degree. Because of variations in the time commitment required for the research component, completion of the research track may require more than 36 months. View more details on Boston University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Medicine courses.