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Prosthodontics, Certificate

The Advanced Education Program in Prosthodontics at Penn Dental Medicine is designed to provide postdoctoral students with advanced training in prosthodontics and maxillofacial prosthetics. Successful completion of the 3-year program will satisfy the formal training requirement for eligibility for the American Board of Prosthodontics certification examination. This program is fully accredited by the American Dental Association’s Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA).

The program begins on July 1, and continues through 36 calendar months. Postgraduate students spend approximately 60% of their time in clinic and are exposed to all facets of clinical prosthodontics. In addition to the core basic science courses required for all postgraduate students, the prosthodontic specialty curriculum provides progressive clinical, laboratory, and didactic training, closely supervised, at the postgraduate level in fixed, removable, implant, and digital prosthodontics. Dental microscopy, maxillofacial prosthodontics, surgical implant planning, placement, and restoration, full digital dentistry workflow, aesthetics, and the interrelation of other medical/dental clinical specialties are integrated aspects of the training, culminating in the award of the Certificate in Prosthodontics.

The rotation at the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania enhances the educational experience by providing a wider range of patients with maxillofacial prosthetics needs, deeper understanding of medical conditions, and close collaboration with medical colleagues and other members of the healthcare team.

Additional Program Options

Penn Dental Medicine also offers a Master of Science in Oral Biology (MSOB) and a Doctor of Science in Dentistry (DScD) that can be earned concurrent with a specialty certificate, preparing students to successfully enter the field of academic dentistry while also becoming skilled clinicians in specialty care. Through the MSOB and DScD programs, students are encouraged to pursue their individual research interests with projects that can span the diverse disciplines and research labs within Penn Dental Medicine’s basic and clinical sciences and across the University.

This degree requires a minimum of 200 Credit Hours.

Curriculum

Course List

• PGY1:
  • GPRS 9001: Introduction to Advanced Fixed Prosthodontics
  • GPRS 9011: Introduction to Advanced Removable Prosthodontics
  • GPRS 9021: Introduction to Implant & Digital Prosthodontics
  • GPRS 9031: Current Prosthodontics Lit Review I
  • GPRS 9041: Literature Review Seminar I
  • GPRS 9051: Treatment Plan Seminar I
  • GPRS 9061: Advanced Clinical Prosthodontics I
• PGY2:
  • GPRS 9032: Current Prosthodontics Lit Review II
  • GPRS 9042: Literature Review Seminar II
  • GPRS 9052: Treatment Plan Seminar II
  • GPRS 9062: Advanced Clinical Prosthodontics II
  • GPRS 9094: Predoctoral Teaching Rotation I
  • GPRS 9103: Hospital Rotation I
• PGY3:
  • GPRS 9033: Current Prosthodontics Lit Review III
  • GPRS 9043: Literature Review Seminar III
  • GPRS 9053: Treatment Plan Seminar III
  • GPRS 9063: Advanced Clinical Prosthodontics III
  • GPRS 9105: Hospital Rotation III
  • GPRS 9115: Prosthodontics Research I

Core Graduate Dental Education Courses

• Year 1:
  • Fall:
    • DADE 9330: Ethics, Professionalism and Jurisprudence
    • DADE 9340: Evidence-based clinical practice
    • DADE 9350: Oral and systemic diseases
  • Spring:
    • DADE 9360: Oral infection and immunity
    • DADE 9370: Conservative and regenerative clinical practice
    • DADE 9380: Vulnerable populations across the lifespan

Master of Science in Oral Biology

The School of Dental Medicine also offers a Master of Science in Oral Biology (MSOB). Enrollment in the MSOB program is limited to individuals concurrently registered in one of the postgraduate specialty training (certificate) programs. Candidates receive the MSOB degree after completion of both their specialty training and the Master’s curriculum, which consists of didactic, seminar, and research practicum courses. The MSOB program is comprised of two tracks designed for outstanding students who are interested in either integrating research or structured evidence-based learning into their post-graduate education.

Depending on the track selected, research activities or a systematic literature review form the core of the MSOB program. Students are expected to participate in a clinical or basic science research project of sufficient scope and intensity or a formally structured and critically evaluated literature review focused on an important oral health-related research or clinical question. A thesis composed of an in-depth review of the relevant literature along with a manuscript reporting the results of the research or a systematic review is required for graduation for the research and evidence-based learning tracks respectively.

Additional MSOB Course Requirements

• DENT 9960:
• DENT 9970: