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Prosthodontics - Masters of Science (MS) in Prosthodontics

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 months

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

Upon Completion: Certificate and Master of Science Degree (Prosthodontics)

Location – Fort Eisenhower, GA

First Year Curriculum

PROR 711Clinical Prosthodontics I

12
PROR 721Prosthodontics Literature Review I

8
PROR 724Introduction to Fixed Prosthodontics

1
PROR 725Introduction to Complete Denture I

1
PROR 726Introduction to Prosthodontic Laboratory Techniques

1
PROR 727Principles and Design of Removable Partial Dental Prostheses I

1
PROR 728Maxillofacial Prosthetics I

1
PROR 746Introduction to Digital Dentistry Technology

2
PROR 748Dental Materials

2
PROR 749Digital Dentistry Technology I

3
CCCR 740Endodontics / Periodontics / Prosthodontics Seminar I

0.5
CCCR 742Dental Management of the Medically-Compromised / Medical Emergencies Seminar I

0.5
CCCR 744Endodontics / Periodontics / Prosthodontics Short Course I

1
CCCR 745Dental Implant Course I

0.5
CCCR 746Minimal Sedation I

1
CCCR 751Research Design and Statistics

1.5
CCCR 761Ethics, Jurisprudence, and Civic Responsibility I

0.5
CCCR 770Oral Biology I

2
CCCR 772Oral Pathology / Oral Histology Seminar I

0.5
CCCR 773Cone Beam Computed Tomography I

0.5
CCCR 780Military Readiness Training I

1
CCCR 847Orthodontics Seminar I

2
Total Credit Hours:43.5

Second Year Curriculum

PROR 811Clinical Prosthodontics II

15
PROR 821Prosthodontic Literature Review II

8
PROR 826Concepts of Occlusion and Articulators

12
PROR 828Maxillofacial Prosthetics II

1
PROR 845Introduction to Complete Dentures II

1
PROR 847Principles & Design of Removable Partial Dental Prostheses II

1
PROR 848Treatment Planning Board

4
PROR 849Digital Dental Technology II

3
PROR 850Prosthodontic Research and Scientific Writing I

9
CCCR 735Inflammation and Immunology I

1
CCCR 840Endodontics / Periodontics / Prosthodontics Seminar II

0.5
CCCR 844Endodontics / Periodontics / Prosthodontics Short Course II

1
CCCR 845Dental Implant Course II

0.5
CCCR 846Minimal Sedation II

1
CCCR 870Oral Biology II

2
CCCR 872Oral Pathology / Oral Histology Seminar II

0.5
CCCR 873Cone Beam Computed Tomography II

0.5
CCCR 880Military Readiness Training II

1
CCCR 947Orthodontics Seminar II

2
Total Credit Hours:64.0

Third Year Curriculum

PROR 911Clinical Prosthodontics III

25
PROR 921Prosthodontic Literature Review III

4
PROR 949Digital Dental Technology III

3
PROR 950Prosthodontic Research & Scientific Writing II

9
CCCR 940Endodontics / Periodontics / Prosthodontics Seminar III

0.5
CCCR 944Endodontics / Periodontics / Prosthodontics Short Course III

1
CCCR 945Dental Implant Course III

0.5
CCCR 946Minimal Sedation III

1
CCCR 973Cone Beam Computed Tomography III

0.5
CCCR 980Military Readiness Training III

1
Total Credit Hours:45.5

Total Credit Hours: 153.0

Location - Joint Base San Antonio - Lackland, TX

First Year Curriculum

CCCF 730Biomedical Foundations

1.5
CCCF 731Pharmacology 1

1.5
CCCF 740Interdisciplinary Seminar 1

1
CCCF 750Research Methodology/Statistics

1
CCCF 771Oral Medicine

1.5
PERF 712Surgical Anatomy

1
PROF 711Advanced and Surgical Implantology

3
PROF 714Clinical Prosthodontics 1

5.5
PROF 720Literature Seminar 1

0.5
PROF 730Growth and Development/Embryology

1
PROF 741Interdisciplinary Treatment Planning

1.5
PROF 750Research 1

1.5
PROF 780Introduction to Military Officership

1
PROF 790Complete Denture Prosthodontics

2
PROF 791Implant Prosthodontics

2
PROF 792Removable Partial Prosthodontics

2
PROF 793Fixed Prosthodontics

2
PROF 794Esthetics in Fixed Prosthodontics

2
PROF 795Dynamic Articulation

1.5
PROF 796Dental Laboratory Competency

2
PROF 797Dental Materials Technology

1.75
Total Credit Hours:36.75

Second Year Curriculum

CCCF 732Pain Control and Principles of Sedation

2
CCCF 772Oral Pathology 1

1.5
CCCF 773Cone Beam Computed Tomography

1
CCCF 774Orofacial Pain

1.5
CCCF 840Interdisciplinary Seminar 2

1
CCCF 880Forensic Dentistry

1
PROF 814Clinical Prosthodontics 2

12
PROF 820Literature Seminar 2

2
PROF 850Research 2

1.5
PROF 890Maxillofacial Prosthetics

0.5
Total Credit Hours:24.0

Third Year Curriculum

CCCF 881Military Operational Dentistry

0.5
CCCF 940Interdisciplinary Seminar 3

1
PROF 914Clinical Prosthodontics 3

12
PROF 920Literature Seminar 3

2
PROF 950Research/Thesis

3
Total Credit Hours:18.5

Total Credit Hours: 79.25

Location – Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command, Bethesda MD

First Year Curriculum

N 2010Applied Dental Psychology

0.5
N 2050Digital Dentistry

1.5
N 2080Endodontics

0.5-2
N 2180Management of Medical Emergencies

0.5
N 2210Naval Operational Management

1
N 2230Restorative Implantology

1
N 2250Operative Dentistry

1
N 2280Pharmacotherapeutics

1
N 2300Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology & Radiology Part I

2
N 2310Systemic Disease in Clinical Dentistry

1.5
N 2390Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

0.5-1
N 2400Orthodontics

1
N 2410Periodontics

1
N 2460Surgical Implantology

2
N 2490Nitrous Oxide

0.5
N 2510Clinic and Lab Assignments, Prosthodontics

13
N 2520Complete Dentures

2.5
N 2530Fixed Prosthodontics

2
N 2570Seminar, Prosthodontics/Endodontics

0.5
N 2590Removable Partial Dentures

1.5
N 2600Advanced Complete Dentures

3
N 2610Advanced Fixed Prosthodontics

5.5
N 2630Research Methods I

1
N 2641Research Project

4
N 2660Prosthodontic Oral Board I

0.5
N 2710Advanced Removable Partial Dentures

2
N 2810Forensic Dentistry

1
N 2850Orofacial Pain

2
N 2910Occlusion (Prosthodontics)

3.5
N 2930Prosthodontics Conference, Guest Seminarians

2.5
N 3110Ethics

0.5
N 3120Seminar, Orthodontics I

0.5
N 3511Seminar, Prosthodontics Literature

2
N 3561Seminar, Treatment Planning

2
N 3721Special Topics in Osseointegration I

1.5
Total Credit Hours:66.5-68.5

Second Year Curriculum

N 2560Nutrition

0.5
N 2921Speech Pathology

0.5
N 3130Seminar, Orthodontics II

0.5
N 3421Advanced Clinic and Lab: Prosthodontics

27.5
N 3441Maxillofacial Prosthetics

0.5-1.5
N 3450Oral Boards II

0.5
N 3470Prosthodontics Conference, Guest Seminarians

2.5
N 3512Seminar, Prosthodontic Literature

2
N 3541Teaching, Prosthodontics

1
N 3562Seminar, Treatment Planning

2
N 3631Dental Implantology, Patient Presentations

0.5
N 3710Dental Administration Management

1
N 3722Special Topics in Osseointegration II

1.5
Total Credit Hours:40.5-41.5
 

Third Year Curriculum

N 3310Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology & Radiology Part II

1
N 3422Advanced Clinic, Prosthodontics

25.5
N 3490Cleft Palate Conferences, Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

0.5
N 3513Seminar, Prosthodontic Literature

2
N 3542Teaching, Prosthodontics

1
N 3550Research Methods II

0.5
N 3563Seminar, Treatment Planning

2
N 3600Oral Medicine Seminar

1
N 3632Dental Implantology, Patient Presentations

0.5
N 3690
Research Project

5
N 3723Special Topics in Osseointegration III

1.5
N 3930Prosthodontic Conference, Guest Seminarians

2.5
N 4200Prosthodontic Oral Boards III

0.5
Total Credit Hours:43.5

Total Credit Hours: 150.5-153.5