Prosthodontic lecture seminars:
The prosthodontic lecture seminars are conducted once a week, for one and one-half hours from August through May. Material is presented from the following selected topic areas. Lectures will include Power Point/Keynote presentations, handouts, and any other items that will help convey the information. These lectures are given by residency staff, dental school professors, private practitioners, residents, and members of the Armed Forces stationed in the area. These include multiple specialties in addition to prosthodontics. The use of digital technology may be included in any or all of these presentations.
Fixed Prosthodontic Discussion Areas
- Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
- Preparations
- Soft Tissue Management
- Impressions
- Interim Restorations
- Crown Contours, Pontics
- Articulator Selection, Rehabilitation Techniques, Functionally Generated Path
- Centric Position, Interocclusal Records
- Mandibular Movement and Recording
- Implants
- Cementation, Failures
- Ceramics
- Temporomandibular Disorders
- Endodontic Considerations, Build-ups and Posts
Removable Partial Denture Discussion Areas:
- Introduction
- Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
- Design Principles
- Components and Clasping
- Distal Extension RPDs
- Occlusion
- Fitting and Insertion
- Swinglock RPDs
- Rotational Path
- Miscellaneous
Complete Denture Discussion Areas:
- Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
- Impressions
- Centric Relation Records
- Vertical Dimension
- Denture Occlusion
- Anterior Tooth Selection and Esthetics
- Overdentures
- Immediate Dentures
- Miscellaneous
Maxillofacial Discussion Areas:
- Management of the Irradiated Head and Neck and Oncologic Patient
- Prosthodontic Rehabilitation of Acquired Maxillary and Mandibular Defects
- Prosthodontic Rehabilitation of Congenital and Developmental Defects
- Palatopharyngeal Function, Disabilities, Speech Therapy and Speech Aids
Implants:
- History
- Diagnosis
- Treatment Planning/Options
- Materials
Temporomandibular Dysfunction:
- Anatomy
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
Other related topics:
- Periodontics
- Endodontics
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Orthodontics
- Esthetics