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Prosthodontics

Interim head

Julie Holloway

Professors

Steven A. Aquilino, Isabelle Denry, Ronald L. Ettinger, Julie Holloway, Clark M. Stanford

Professors emeriti

William E. LaVelle, Robert J. Leubke, Forrest R. Scandrett, Max L. Smith, Keith E. Thayer

Clinical professor

Robert L. Schneider

Associate professors

James M.S. Clancy, David Gratton, Terry L. Lindquist

Clinical associate professor

Peter S. Lund

Assistant professors

Paul Aubrey, Yong-Joon Coe

Clinical assistant professors

Paul Aubrey, Yung-Shen Huang, Lawrence R. Huber

Adjunct instructor

Frederick R. Drexler

Graduate degree: M.S. in Oral Science
Graduate nondegree program: Certificate in Prosthodontics
Web site: http://www.dentistry.uiowa.edu

Prosthodontics is the dentistry specialty involving crowns, fixed partial dentures (bridges), removable partial dentures, complete dentures, maxillofacial prostheses, and implant prostheses.

D.D.S. Student Training

The Department of Prosthodontics instructs D.D.S. students in the basic principles, practices, and concepts of prosthodontics required for the practice of general dentistry. Students learn through laboratory projects and treatment of patients with differing prosthodontic needs.

Graduate and Clinical Specialty Programs

Master of Science in oral science
Doctor of Philosophy in oral science
Certificate in Prosthodontics

All post-D.D.S. students in the Department of Prosthodontics enroll in the certificate program and may choose to earn a graduate degree as well. Both graduate degree programs prepare individuals for careers in dental education and research and for independent study and professional growth.

Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy

The Master of Science in oral science requires a minimum of 30 s.h. of graduate credit; the Doctor of Philosophy requires a minimum of 72 s.h. of graduate credit.

Both programs require more courses in the biomedical sciences and research methodology than the certificate program requires. Students must prepare and defend a thesis (M.S.) or dissertation (Ph.D.) based on original research. Facilities and support personnel for research are available through the college's Dows Institute for Dental Research. For more information, see Oral Science in the Catalog.

Certificate

The Certificate in Prosthodontics requires a minimum of 34 months of study. It prepares individuals for specialty clinical practice in the discipline. The curriculum includes didactic courses and clinical training in all of the disciplines that make up the broad specialty of prosthodontics, including implant prosthodontics, maxillofacial prosthetics, and treatment of temporomandibular disorders. Patient care is completed in close collaboration with the other dental specialties. Clinically related basic science instruction compliments the clinical curriculum.

The certificate program is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association. Successful completion of the program satisfies the formal training requirement for eligibility to take the American Board of Prosthodontics certification examination.

Admission

Applicants to the M.S., Ph.D., and certificate programs must meet the admission requirements of the Graduate College. They must hold a D.D.S. or a D.M.D. from a dental school accredited by the American Dental Association or an equivalent degree.

The certificate program begins around July 1 each year. Applications are accepted year-round; those received by September 1 are considered for admission the following July. A personal interview is required for qualified applicants.

Facilities

Most didactic, clinical, and laboratory instruction and patient treatment takes place in the Department of Prosthodontics, which is located in the Dental Science Building. The building also houses the Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) program, training programs in specialties recognized by the American Dental Association, and the Dows Institute for Dental Research.

The college and the department provide supporting technologies that include cone beam CT radiography, implant imaging software, laboratory CADCAM systems, laser surgery, clinical operating microscopes, and digital shade matching.

Advanced prosthodontic students spend time at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, where they work closely with medical professionals in other disciplines to treat medically compromised prosthodontic patients and those who require maxillofacial rehabilitation.

Courses

For D.D.S. Students

084:122 Occlusion and Complete Dentures Lecture	2 s.h.
Basic principles and clinical application of occlusion; basic principles, clinical steps, and laboratory procedures necessary for fabrication of complete dentures.

084:123 Occlusion and Complete Dentures Lab	2 s.h.
Laboratory exercises illustrating the principles of occlusion; projects simulating the clinical and laboratory steps in complete denture fabrication.

084:140 Fixed Prosthodontic Lecture I	2 s.h.
Basic biomechanical principles of fixed prosthodontics; metal, single-unit, multiple-unit fixed prostheses; diagnosis and treatment planning for the partially edentulous patient, including occlusion and esthetic concerns.

084:141 Fixed Prosthodontic Patient Simulation I	2 s.h.
Laboratory exercises in fabrication of single-unit metal, provisional restorations; preparations for fabrication of a three-unit fixed partial denture.

084:142 Fixed Prosthodontics Lecture II and Removable Partial Denture Lecture	2 s.h.
Principles, clinical steps, materials, and laboratory procedures necessary for fixed and removable partial dentures; lecture format.

084:143 Fixed Prosthodontics Lab II and Removable Partial Denture Lab	2 s.h.
Participation in projects and seminars simulating the clinical and laboratory steps in fixed and removable partial denture fabrication.

084:146 Introduction to Implant Dentistry	2 s.h.
Fundamental principles of osseointegration, diagnosis and treatment planning, surgical and prosthodontic protocols, laboratory communications introduced through patient simulation.

084:160 Prosthodontic Clinic	arr.
Experience supplemented by individual supervision, demonstration.

084:165 Prosthodontic Seminar	2 s.h.
Knowledge in biological, basic sciences and technique applied to clinical fixed and removable prosthodontics procedures.

For Graduate Students

084:220 Fixed Prosthodontics Literature Review I	arr.
Fixed prosthodontic procedures; assigned readings, discussion of related research.

084:221 Fixed Prosthodontics Literature Review II	arr.
Porcelain-fused-to-metal and ceramic restorations, color science and esthetics; assigned readings, discussion of related research.

084:222 Implant Literature Review	arr.
Implant prosthodontics; assigned readings, discussion of related research.

084:223 Occlusion Seminar	arr.
Occlusion and the temporomandibular system; assigned readings and discussion of related research.

084:224 Graduate Restorative Materials	2 s.h.
Dental materials science: mechanical, physical, and chemical properties of restorative materials; selection and manipulation. Same as 082:224.

084:225 Complete Denture Literature Review	arr.
Complete denture prosthodontics; assigned readings, discussion of related research.

084:226 RPD Literature Review	arr.
Removable partial denture prosthodontics; assigned readings, discussion of related research.

084:231 Thesis Preparation: Prosthodontics	3 s.h.
Thesis preparation, defense.

084:300 Prosthodontic Certificate Program	0 s.h.
Advanced dental clinical, didactic education; nondegree program toward eligibility for board certification in prosthodontics.