Overview
Maxillofacial Prosthetics: This residency program is combined with the Prosthodontics Major and as such, is a concentration within that discipline. Therefore, the program description for the Prosthodontics Major applies to this program as well. Advanced training in Maxillofacial Prosthetics graduates highly trained officers to carry out the primary mission of ensuring and supporting readiness through the care of Warfighters and Wounded Warriors. The Maxillofacial Prosthetics aspect of this training focuses on prosthetic rehabilitation of patients with intraoral and extraoral defects of the head and neck resulting from wartime injuries, trauma, cancer ablation and congenital abnormalities. Emphasis is placed on close interaction and support of medical/surgical services including but not limited to Otolaryngology, Radiation Oncology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medical Oncology, Ophthalmology, Plastic Surgery, Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, Speech Pathology, Anesthesiology, and Pulmonary Medicine. In addition to management of the maxillofacial patient in the operating room setting, the curriculum includes comprehensive training in the diagnosis, treatment planning, prosthetic rehabilitation and laboratory fabrication of prostheses and devices for maxillofacial patients with varied patient needs.
Summary: Maxillofacial Prosthetics Concentration (Prosthodontics Major)
Length: 48 months
Location: Naval Postgraduate Dental School – Bethesda MD
Upon Completion: Certificate and Master of Science Degree (Oral Biology)
Location – Navy Professional Development Center, Bethesda MD
First Year Curriculum
N 2600 | Advanced Complete Dentures | 3 |
N 2610 | Advanced Fixed Prosthodontics | 5.5 |
N 2270 | Oral Radiology I | 1 |
N 3721 | Special Topics in Osseointegration I | 1.5 |
N 2710 | Advanced Removable Partial Dentures | 2 |
N 2490 | Nitrous Oxide | 0.5 |
N 2010 | Applied Dental Psychology | 0.5 |
N 2510 | Clinic and Lab Assignments, Prosthodontics | 13 |
N 2520 | Complete Dentures | 2.5 |
N 2050 | Digital Dentistry | 1.5 |
N 3110 | Ethics | 0.5 |
N 2530 | Fixed Prosthodontics | 2 |
N 2810 | Forensic Dentistry | 1 |
N 2180 | Management of Medical Emergencies | 0.5 |
N 2210 | Naval Operational Management | 1 |
N 2910 | Occlusion (Prosthodontics) | 3.5 |
N 2250 | Operative Dentistry | 1.0 |
N 2400 | Orthodontics | 1 |
N 2410
| Periodontics | 2.5 |
N 2280 | Pharmacotherapeutics | 1 |
N 2660 | Prosthodontic Oral Board I | 0.5 |
N 2590 | Removable Partial Dentures | 1.5 |
N 2630 | Research Methods I | 1 |
N 2570 | Seminar, Prosthodontics/Endodontics | 0.5 |
N 3511 | Seminar, Prosthodontics Literature | 2 |
N 3561 | Seminar, Treatment Planning | 2 |
N 2310 | Systemic Disease in Clinical Dentistry | 1.5 |
N 2930 | Prosthodontics Conference, Guest Seminarians | 2.5 |
N 2460 | Surgical Implantology | 2 |
N 3120 | Seminar, Orthodontics I | 0.5 |
N 2080 | Endodontics | 0.5-2 |
N 2390 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | 0.5-1.0 |
N 2850 | Orofacial Pain | 1-2 |
N 2290 | Oral Radiology II | 1.0 |
N 2230 | Restorative Implantology | 1.0 |
N 2641 | Research Project | 3-4 |
Total Credit Hours: | 67.5-71.5 |
Second Year Curriculum
N 3421 | Advanced Clinic and Lab: Prosthodontics | 27.5 |
N 3722 | Special Topics in Osseointegration II | 1.5 |
N 3710 | Naval Administration Management | 1 |
N 3631 | Dental Implantology, Patient Presentations | 0.5 |
N 2560 | Nutrition | 0.5 |
N 3450 | Oral Boards II | 0.5 |
N 2360 | Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology | 2 |
N 3470 | Prosthodontics Conference, Guest Seminarians | 2.5 |
N 3512 | Seminar, Prosthodontic Literature | 2 |
N 2921 | Speech Pathology | 0.5 |
N 3541 | Teaching, Prosthodontics | 1 |
N 3562 | Seminar, Treatment Planning | 2 |
N 3441 | Maxillofacial Prosthetics | 0.5-1.5 |
Total Credit Hours: | 42.0-43.0 |
Third Year Curriculum
N 3422 | Advanced Clinic, Prosthodontics | 25.5 |
N 3723 | Special Topics in Osseointegration III | 1.5 |
N 3490 | Cleft Palate Conferences, Diagnosis and Treatment Planning | 0.5 |
N 3632 | Dental Implantology, Patient Presentations | 0.5 |
N 3930 | Prosthodontic Conference, Guest Seminarians | 2.5 |
N 4200 | Prosthodontic Oral Boards III | 0.5 |
N 3690
| Research Project | 5 |
N 3310 | Seminar, Clinical Oral Pathology | 1 |
N 3600 | Oral Medicine Seminar | 1 |
N 3513 | Seminar, Prosthodontic Literature | 2 |
N 3563 | Seminar, Treatment Planning | 2 |
N 3542 | Teaching, Prosthodontics | 1 |
N 3550 | Research Methods II | 0.5 |
Total Credit Hours: | 43.5 |
Fourth Year Curriculum
N 3724 | Special Topics in Osseointegration IV | 1.5 |
N 4010 | Cleft Palate Conferences | 1.5 |
N 4020 | Consultant Lectures and Seminars | 3.5 |
N 4030 | Continuing Education Courses and Observerships | 2 |
N 4040 | Head and Neck Surgery Observership | 2.5 |
N 4050 | Head and Neck Tumor Board | 3 |
N 4000 | Maxillofacial Clinical Prosthetics | 27 |
N 3442 | Maxillofacial Prosthetics | 1.5 |
N 4100 | Maxillofacial Prosthetics Laboratory Procedures | 6.5 |
N 4070 | Seminar, Maxillofacial Prosthetics Literature | 8 |
N 4060 | Seminar, Patient Presentation (Maxillofacial Prosthetics) | 0.5 |
N 2922 | Speech Pathology | 0.5 |
N 4090 | Teaching, Maxillofacial Prosthetics | 1.5 |
N 3691 | Research Project | 2 |
Total Credit Hours: | 61.5 |
Total Credit Hours: 217.5