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 – Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command, Bethesda MD
First Year Curriculum
N 2010 | Applied Dental Psychology | 0.5 |
N 2050 | Digital Dentistry | 1.5 |
N 2080 | Endodontics | 0.5-2 |
N 2180 | Management of Medical Emergencies | 0.5 |
N 2210 | Naval Operational Management | 1 |
N 2230 | Restorative Implantology | 1.0 |
N 2250 | Operative Dentistry | 1.0 |
N 2280 | Pharmacotherapeutics | 1 |
N 2300 | Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology & Radiology Part I | 2.0 |
N 2310 | Systemic Disease in Clinical Dentistry | 1.5 |
N 2390 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | 0.5-1.0 |
N 2400 | Orthodontics | 1 |
N 2410
| Periodontics | 2.5 |
N 2460 | Surgical Implantology | 2 |
N 2490 | Nitrous Oxide | 0.5 |
N 2510 | Clinic and Lab Assignments, Prosthodontics | 13 |
N 2520 | Complete Dentures | 2.5 |
N 2530 | Fixed Prosthodontics | 2 |
N 2570 | Seminar, Prosthodontics/Endodontics | 0.5 |
N 2590 | Removable Partial Dentures | 1.5 |
N 2600 | Advanced Complete Dentures | 3 |
N 2610 | Advanced Fixed Prosthodontics | 5.5 |
N 2630 | Research Methods I | 1 |
N 2641 | Research Project | 3-4 |
N 2660 | Prosthodontic Oral Board I | 0.5 |
N 2710 | Advanced Removable Partial Dentures | 2 |
N 2810 | Forensic Dentistry | 1 |
N 2850 | Orofacial Pain | 1-2 |
N 2910 | Occlusion (Prosthodontics) | 3.5 |
N 2930 | Prosthodontics Conference, Guest Seminarians | 2.5 |
N 3110 | Ethics | 0.5 |
N 3120 | Seminar, Orthodontics I | 0.5 |
N 3511 | Seminar, Prosthodontics Literature | 2 |
N 3561 | Seminar, Treatment Planning | 2 |
N 3721 | Special Topics in Osseointegration I | 1.5 |
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 | Dental Administration Management | 1 |
N 3631 | Dental Implantology, Patient Presentations | 0.5 |
N 2560 | Nutrition | 0.5 |
N 3450 | Oral Boards II | 0.5 |
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 |
N 3130 | Seminar, Orthodontics II | 0.5 |
Total Credit Hours: | 40.5-41.5 |
Third Year Curriculum
N 3310 | Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology & Radiology Part II | 1 |
N 3422 | Advanced Clinic, Prosthodontics | 25.5 |
N 3490 | Cleft Palate Conferences, Diagnosis and Treatment Planning | 0.5 |
N 3513 | Seminar, Prosthodontic Literature | 2 |
N 3542 | Teaching, Prosthodontics | 1 |
N 3550 | Research Methods II | 0.5 |
N 3563 | Seminar, Treatment Planning | 2 |
N 3600 | Oral Medicine Seminar | 1 |
N 3632 | Dental Implantology, Patient Presentations | 0.5 |
N 3690
| Research Project | 5 |
N 3723 | Special Topics in Osseointegration III | 1.5 |
N 3930 | Prosthodontic Conference, Guest Seminarians | 2.5 |
N 4200 | Prosthodontic Oral Boards III | 0.5 |
Total Credit Hours: | 43.5 |
Fourth Year Curriculum
N 2922 | Speech Pathology | 0.5 |
N 3442 | Maxillofacial Prosthetics | 1.5 |
N 3691 | Research Project | 2 |
N 3724 | Special Topics in Osseointegration IV | 1.5 |
N 4000 | Maxillofacial Clinical Prosthetics | 27 |
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 4060 | Seminar, Patient Presentation (Maxillofacial Prosthetics) | 0.5 |
N 4070 | Seminar, Maxillofacial Prosthetics Literature | 8 |
N 4090 | Teaching, Maxillofacial Prosthetics | 1.5 |
N 4100 | Maxillofacial Prosthetics Laboratory Procedures | 6.5 |
Total Credit Hours: | 61.5 |
Total Credit Hours: 217.5