Appendix B

Resident Orientation

The first year prosthodontic residents will participate in an orientation program that will introduce them to the residency goals, objectives, administrative procedures, and assignments as well as provide an overview of the clinical and laboratory skills required of the specialty. The new resident kit of supplies and equipment will also be issued. During this orientation period, the following topics are addressed:

1. General Orientation, Issue Course Materials/Kit
2. Oral Photography Seminar
3. Fixed Prosthodontic Exercise
4. Removable Prosthodontic Exercise
5. CPR recertification
6. Implant Introduction
7. Occlusion

Clinical Photography

1. Objective:
   1. To establish and in-depth knowledge of clinical photography.
   2. To become proficient in taking intra and extra oral photographs.
   3. To develop an in-depth knowledge of what views are required for the American Board of Prosthodontics Examination.
2. Guidelines:
   1. This block of instruction/practical exercise will include topics on equipment selection, oral photographic procedures and principles, mirror positioning, and the clinical photo series.
   2. Residents will use their own digital camera and participate in a practical exercise on mirror positioning and taking the clinical photo series. One-on-one instruction will insure confidence in their equipment.

Fixed Prosthodontic Orientation

1. Objective:

   To acquaint the resident with fixed prosthodontic principles, clinical, and laboratory procedures.

2. Guidelines:
   1. A hands-on series is given as a review of Fixed Prosthodontics to all incoming residents.
   2. The resident will be guided through the clinical and laboratory steps of diagnostic impression making through insertion of a gold crown and a PFM crown.
   3. The fabrication of a complete metal and ceramic crown to include custom tray fabrication, elastomeric impression procedure, and master cast fabrication. Waxing, casting, porcelain application and finishing procedures will also be performed.

Removable Prosthodontic Orientation

1. Objective:

   Acquaint the residents with complete denture prosthodontic principles, clinical and laboratory procedures.

2. Guidelines:
   1. In addition to selected lectures, the residents will receive one-on-one demonstrations on clinical procedures for the impression, jaw relation records, wax try-in, and insertion appointments. Also, they will fabricate a set of dentures on a patient and perform the following lab procedures: 1) custom trays, 2) record bases, wax rims, and articulation, 3) complete monoplane and fully balanced set-ups, 4) fully wax-up both sets of trial dentures, 5) flask, pack, and process one set of dentures, 6) deflask and complete a lab remount to check pin opening, 7) deflask, finish, and polish dentures, and 8) deliver dentures to patient.

Digital Dentistry Orientation

1. Objective:

   Acquaint the residents with clinical applications of digital prosthodontics.

2. Guidelines:
   1. A series of lectures (6 lectures, 1 hour each) on topics that include: Digital impressions, digital manufacturing, digital restorations, digital implant surgery, digital fixed prosthodontics and digital removable prosthodontics.
   2. In addition to the lectures, the residents will receive demonstrations on digital impressions, digital restoration design, and digital manufacturing of conventional and implant restorations.