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Prosthodontics - Masters of Science (MS) in Oral Biology

Overview

Prosthodontics: The Prosthodontics Residency program provides highly trained officers and Prosthodontists to provide care to ensure Dental Readiness. Graduates support the Services’ warfighting missions by employing a specialized skillset to handle the most complicated restorative needs of the US military population. Curriculum emphasis includes comprehensive training in the diagnosis, treatment planning and prosthetic rehabilitation of patients with complex needs in the areas of fixed, removable, implant and surgical prosthodontics resulting from missing teeth, oral structures and/or severely worn or debilitated dentitions. Graduates learn to utilize the full array of digital and classic planning and restorative techniques to master multidisciplinary management of the most complex oral treatment needs. Completion of this training will fully prepare the graduate to achieve specialty certification from the American Board of Prosthodontics (ABP). Graduates are assigned to installations worldwide in positions involving a combination of clinical, education, mentoring and laboratory activities in the field of prosthodontics.

SUMMARY: Prosthodontics Major

Length: 36 or 42 months

Locations: Army Postgraduate Dental School – Fort Gordon GA, Naval Postgraduate Dental School – Bethesda MD, Air Force Postgraduate Dental School – JBSA Lackland TX

Upon Completion: Certificate and Master of Science Degree (Oral Biology)

Location – Fort Gordon GA

First Year Curriculum

RGF 5411Introduction to Fixed Prosthodontics

1
RGF 5421Introduction to Complete Denture I

1
RGF 5431Clinical Prosthodontics I

12
RGF 5441Introduction to Digital Dentistry Technology

2
RGF 5471Principles & Design of Removable Partial Dental Prostheses I

1
RGF 5481Maxillofacial Prosthetics I

1
RGF 5511Basic Biologic Sciences I

4
RGF 5601Dental Materials

2
RGF 5711Prosthodontics Literature Review I

8
RGF 5911Introduction to Prosthodontic Laboratory Techniques

1
RGF 5443Digital Dentistry Technology I

3
RCC 4110Minimal Sedation I

1
RCC 4160Endodontics/Periodontics/Prosthodontics Seminar I

0.5
RCC 4164Oral Pathology/Oral Histology Seminar I

0.5
RCC 4170Endodontics/Periodontics/Prosthodontics Short Course I

1
RCC 4180Research Design and Statistics

1.5
RCC 4190Cone Beam Computed Tomography I

0.5
RCC 4260Orthodontics Seminar I

2
RCC 4262Dental Implant Course I

0.5
RCC 8000Ethics, Jurisprudence, and Civic Responsibility

0.5
RCC 8150Military Readiness Training I

1
Total Credit Hours:45.0

Second Year Curriculum

RGF 5422Introduction to Complete Dentures II

1
RGF 5432Clinical Prosthodontics II

15
RGF 5472Principles & Design of Removable Partial Dental Prostheses II

1
RGF 5482Maxillofacial Prosthetics II

1
RGF 5512Basic Biologic Sciences II

4
RGF 5712Prosthodontic Literature Review II

8
RGF 5313Prosthodontic Research and Scientific Writing

9
RCC 5444Digital Dental Technology II

3
RGF 5462Concepts of Occlusion and Articulators

12
RGF 5912Treatment Planning Board

4
RCC 4111Minimal Sedation II

1
RCC 4161Endodontics/Periodontics/Prosthodontics Seminar II

0.5
RCC 4165Oral Pathology/Oral Histology Seminar II

0.5
RCC 4171Endodontics/Periodontics/Prosthodontics Short Course II

1
RCC 4191Cone Beam Computed Tomography II

0.5
RCC 4261Orthodontics Seminar II

2
RCC 4263Dental Implant Course II

0.5
RCC 8151Military Readiness Training II

1
Total Credit Hours:65.0

Third Year Curriculum

RGF 5433Clinical Prosthodontics III

25
RGF 5723Prosthodontic Literature Review III

4
RGF 5445Digital Dental Technology III

3
RGF 5314Prosthodontic Research & Scientific Writing III

9
RCC 4112Minimal Sedation III

1
RCC 4162Endodontics/Periodontics/Prosthodontics Seminar III

0.5
RCC 4172Endodontics/Periodontics/Prosthodontics Short Course III

1
RCC 4192Cone Beam Computed Tomography III

0.5
RCC 4264Dental Implant Course III

0.5
RCC 8152Military Readiness Training III

1
Total Credit Hours:45.5

Total Credit Hours: 148

Location – Navy Professional Development Center, Bethesda MD

First Year Curriculum

N 2600Advanced Complete Dentures

3
N 2610Advanced Fixed Prosthodontics

5.5
N 2270Oral Radiology I

1
N 3721Special Topics in Osseointegration I

1.5
N 2710Advanced Removable Partial Dentures

2
N 2490Nitrous Oxide

0.5
N 2010Applied Dental Psychology

0.5
N 2510Clinic and Lab Assignments, Prosthodontics

13
N 2520Complete Dentures

2.5
N 2050Digital Dentistry

1.5
N 2080Endodontics

2
N 3110Ethics

0.5
N 2530Fixed Prosthodontics

2
N 2810Forensic Dentistry

1
N 2180Management of Medical Emergencies

0.5
N 2210Naval Operational Management

1
N 2910Occlusion (Prosthodontics)

3.5
N 2250Operative Dentistry

1.0
N 2850Orofacial Pain

1-2
N 2400Orthodontics

1
N 2410
Periodontics

2.5
N 2280Pharmacotherapeutics

1
N 2660Prosthodontic Oral Board I

0.5
N 2590Removable Partial Dentures

1.5
N 2630Research Methods I

1
N 2570Seminar, Prosthodontics/Endodontics

0.5
N 3511Seminar, Prosthodontics Literature

2
N 3561Seminar, Treatment Planning

2
N 2310Systemic Disease in Clinical Dentistry

1.5
N 2390Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

0.5-1.0
N 2930Prosthodontics Conference, Guest Seminarians

2.5
N 3120Seminar, Orthodontics I

0.5
N 2460Surgical Implantology

2
N 2290Oral Radiology II

1.0
N 2230Restorative Implantology

1.0
N 2641Research Project

3-4
Total Credit Hours:69.0-71.5

Second Year Curriculum

N 3421Advanced Clinic and Lab: Prosthodontics

27.5
N 3722Special Topics in Osseointegration II

1.5
N 3710Naval Administration Management

1
N 3631Dental Implantology, Patient Presentations

0.5
N 3441Maxillofacial Prosthetics

0.5-1.5
N 2560Nutrition

0.5
N 3450Oral Boards II

0.5
N 2360Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

2
N 3470Prosthodontics Conference, Guest Seminarians

2.5
N 3512Seminar, Prosthodontic Literature

2
N 2921Speech Pathology

0.5
N 3541Teaching, Prosthodontics

1
N 3562Seminar, Treatment Planning

2
Total Credit Hours:42.0-43.0
 

Third Year Curriculum

N 3422Advanced Clinic, Prosthodontics

25.5
N 3723Special Topics in Osseointegration III

1.5
N 3490Cleft Palate Conferences, Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

0.5
N 3632Dental Implantology, Patient Presentations

0.5
N 3930Prosthodontic Conference, Guest Seminarians

2.5
N 4200Prosthodontic Oral Boards III

0.5
N 3690
Research Project

5
N 3310Seminar, Clinical Oral Pathology

1
N 3600Oral Medicine Seminar

1
N 3513Seminar, Prosthodontic Literature

2
N 3563Seminar, Treatment Planning

2
N 3542Teaching, Prosthodontics

1
N 3550Research Methods II

0.5
Total Credit Hours:43.5

Total Credit Hours: 158