Department of Prosthodontics: First Professional Courses


PROSTH 5010 ADVANCED PROSTHODONTICS            0 units
THIS COURSE WILL EXPLORE THE DISCIPLINE OF PROSTHODONTICS IN MORE DETAIL, ESPECIALLY THE INTER-RELATIONSHIPS OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE FIELD.  INCLUDED ARE LECTURES IN FIXED AND REMOVABLE PROSTHODONTICS.  AT THE COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENT WILL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF PROSTHODONTICS WHICH WILL HELP THE STUDENT TO DECIDE IF HE/SHE DESIRES TO PURSUE ADVANCED TRAINING IN PROSTHODONTICS.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5020           MAXILLOFACIAL PROSTHODONTICS       0 units
AN ELECTIVE INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN MAXILLOFACIAL PROSTHODONTICS FOR FIRST PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS.  THIS IS AN OVERVIEW COURSE OF PROSTHETIC REHABILITATION OF TRAUMA, CANCER AND CONGENITAL DEFECTS IN THE HEAD AND NECK REGION.
PROSTH 5030          DENTAL MATERIALS 1                                  0 units
THIS COURSE PRESENTS TO THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL STUDENT AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CLINICAL APPLICATION OF BIOMATERIALS.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5050           INTRODUCTION ORAL IMPLANTS             0 units
THIS COURSE EXPOSES THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PLANNING PROCESS ENTAILED IN ORAL IMPLANTOLOGY.  A VARIETY OF IMPLANTS AND THEIR CLINICAL APPLICATION ARE REVIEWED.  THE IMPORTANCE OF SOUND PROSTHODONTIC PRINCIPLES TO IMPLANT SUCCESS IS EMPHASIZED.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5111                  DENTAL MATERIALS 1                          1 units
THIS INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN DENTAL MATERIALS PROVIDES THE DEFINITIONS AND DEVELOPMENT OF PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS REQUIRED FOR UNDERSTANDING OF SOLID STATE EVENTS.  THIS INCLUDES THE STRUCTURE OF SOLIDS, LIQUIDS AND GASES, TYPES OF CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL BONDING, AND LATTACE DEFECTS PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS TO INCLUDE THERMAL, ELECTRICAL, OPTICAL, CHEMICAL, MECHANICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ARE PRESENTED. BIOMATERIALS TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATED WITH GYPSUM PRODUCTS, IMPRESSION MATERIALS, PROSTHETIC AND RESTORATIVE RESINS AND LUTING CEMENTS ARE ALSO PRESENTED.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5113             DENTAL MATERIALS 1                            1 units
THIS COURSE IS DESIGNED TO ACQUAINT THE STUDENT WITH THE BASIC MECHANICAL, PHYSICAL, AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF DENTAL MATERIALS AND THE EFFECT OF MANIPULATION PROCEDURES ON THESE PROPERTIES.  THE EXACT ROLE OF PROPERTIES IN THE USAGE AND CLINICAL BEHAVIOR OF MATERIALS IS STRESSED.  ALSO, CERTAIN BIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS ARE COVERED.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5132           APPLIED DENTAL MATERIALS                 2 units
THIS COURSE PRESENTS TO THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL STUDENT AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CLINICAL APPLICATION OF BIOMATERIALS.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5134              DENTAL MATERIALS 2                            2 units
THIS COURSE PRESENTS TO THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL STUDENT AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CLINICAL APPLICATION OF BIOMATERIALS.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5136        APPLIED DENTAL MATERIALS LAB             0 units
THIS PRE-CLINIC LABORATORY IS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CLINICAL APPLICATION OF BIOMATERIALS.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5141                                OCCLUSION 1                       1 units
INTRODUCTION TO BASIC PROSTHODONTIC PROCEDURES AND TERMINOLOGY INCLUDING THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARTICULATOR AND THE FACE-BOW TRANSFER.  EXPLANATIONS OF MOVEABLE AND NON-MOVEABLE PARTS OF THE ARTICULATOR AND FACE-BOW TRANSFER.  DEFINING PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO ADEQUATELY MAKE A FINAL IMPRESSION, RECOVER A MASTER CAST, UTILIZE THE FACE-BOW TRANSFER, RECORD CENTRIC AND ECCENTRIC REGISTRATIONS, AND MOUNT THE STONE CASTS ONTO A SEMI-ADJUSTABLE ARTICULATOR.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5145                         OCCLUSION 1 LAB                1.5 units
INTRODUCTION IN THE USE OF PRELIMINARY IMPRESSION MATERIAL, CUSTOM TRAY MATERIAL AND FINAL IMPRESSION MATERIAL, STANDARDIZATION OF THE ARTICULATOR AND THE USE OF ITS MOVEABLE AND NON-MOVEABLE PARTS.  MEASUREMENTS OF THE FACE AS THEY RELATE TO THE ADAPTATION OF THE FACE-BOW TRANSFER TO THE SEMI-ADJUSTABLE ARTICULATOR. PROPER USE OF BITE REGISTRATION WAXES FOR THE RECORDING OF CENTRIC AND ECCENTRIC REGISTRATIONS.  PRACTICAL OCCLUSAL ANALYSIS EXAMINATION.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5151                     OCCLUSION 2                       1.5 units
CONTINUATION OF INSTRUCTION IN PROSTHODONTIC PROCEDURES AND TERMINOLOGY INITIATED IN OCCLUSION 1.  TOPICS DISCUSSED INCLUDE WAXING TECHNIQUES, DEVELOPMENT OF CUSP FOSSA RELATIONSHIPS, REPLACEMENT OF MISSING TOOTH STRUCTURE AND LATERAL AND PROTRUSIVE EXCERSIONS.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5155                          OCCLUSION 2 LAB                    0 units
THIS IS THE LABORATORY COMPONENT OF THE DIDACTIC INSTRUCTION PRESENTED IN OCCLUSION 2.  STUDENTS WILL UTILIZE THE STONE CASTS PREVIOUSLY MOUNTED ON A SEMI-ADJUSTABLE ARTICULATOR AND DEVELOP OCCLUSAL CONFIGURATIONS.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5170             CAST RESTORATIONS                       3 units
THE PURPOSE OF THIS COURSE IS TO INTRODUCE THE STUDENT TO TREATMENT PLANNING FOR INTRA-CORONAL RESTORATIONS, PRINCIPLES OF TOOTH PREPARATION, INDIRECT TECHNIQUES FOR FABRICATING CAST RESTORATIONS, CASTING TECHNIQUES, FINISHING AND CEMENTING INTRA-CORONAL RESTORATIONS, AND RESTORING SEVERELY DAMAGED TEETH WITH INTRA-CORONAL RESTORATIONS.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5176               CAST RESTORATIONS LAB                      0 units
THESE LABORATORY SESSIONS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE IN PREPARING SIX DIFFERENT PREPARATIONS FOR INTRA-CORONAL RESTORATIONS; PROVIDE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE IN FABRICATING WAX PATTERNS; PROVIDE SUPERVISED EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING ABILITY TO VISUALIZE A PATH OF INSERTION FOR A PREPARATION; ENABLE THE STUDENT TO PLAN AND PREPARE RESTORATIONS FOR BADLY DAMAGED TEETH.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5183                        OCCLUSION 1                    2.5 units
INTRODUCTION TO BASIC PROSTHODONTIC PROCEDURES AND TERMINOLOGY INCLUDING THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARTICULATOR AND THE FACE-BOW TRANSFER.  EXPLANATIONS OF MOVEABLE AND NON-MOVEABLE PARTS OF THE ARTICULATOR AND FACE-BOW TRANSFER. DEFINING PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO ADEQUATELY MAKE A FINAL IMPRESSION, RECOVER A MASTER CAST, UTILIZE THE FACE-BOW TRANSFER, RECORD CENTRIC AND ECCENTRIC REGISTRATIONS, AND MOUNT THE STONE CASTS ONTO A SEMI-ADJUSTABLE ARTICULATOR.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5186                        OCCLUSION 1 LAB                    0 units
INTRODUCTION IN THE USE OF PRELIMINARY IMPRESSION MATERIAL, CUSTOM TRAY MATERIAL AND FINAL IMPRESSION MATERIAL.  STANDARDIZATION OF THE ARTICULATOR AND THE USE OF ITS MOVEABLE AND NON-MOVEABLE PARTS. MEASUREMENTS OF THE FACE AS THEY RELATE TO THE ADAPTATION OF THE FACE-BOW TRANSFER TO THE SEMI-ADJUSTABLE ARTICULATOR.  PROPER USE OF THE BITE REGISTRATION WAXES FOR THE RECORDING OF CENTRIC AND ECCENTRIC REGISTRATIONS.  PRACTICAL OCCLUSAL ANALYSIS EXAMINATION.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5211                  FIXED PARTIAL DENTURES 1        1 units
DURING THIS COURSE THE PREPARATION OF POSTERIOR TEETH FOR A FIXED PARTIAL DENTURE ALONG WITH MAKING AN IMPRESSION, FABRICATION OF AN ALL METAL CAST FIXED PARTIAL DENTURE AND PROVISIONALIZATION OF THE PREPARED TEETH ARE INTRODUCED.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5212               REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES      1 units
DIDACTIC INTRODUCTION TO THE TREATMENT OF PARTIALLY EDENTULOUS PATIENTS WITH REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES BEGINS WITH TERMINOLOGY, PATIENT CLASSIFICATION AND THE FUNCTIONS OF THE COMPONENT PARTS OF A REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURE FRAMEWORK; CONTINUES WITH THE MECHANICAL AND BIOLOGIC PRINCIPLES NECESSARY TO DIAGNOSE, TREATMENT PLAN, DESIGN AND PREPARE THE PATIENT FOR DEFINITIVE TREATMENT; CONCLUDES WITH COVERAGE OF THE STEPS TO FABRICATE, INSERT, ADJUST THE PARTIAL DENTURE.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5213                  COMPLETE DENTURES 1             1 units
 
 
 
 
PROSTH 5215             FIXED PARTIAL DENTURES 1 LAB      2.5 units
THIS IS THE LABORATORY COMPONENT OF THE DIDACTIC COURSE FIXED PARTIAL DENTURES 1.  STUDENTS PERFORM THE PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO FABRICATE AN ALL METAL CAST FIXED PARTIAL DENTURE AND THE PROVISIONALIZATION OF THE PREPARED TEETH.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5216          REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES LAB      2 units
A LABORATORY COURSE THAT EMPHASIZES THE USE OF A DENTAL SURVEYOR IN REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURE DESIGN AND APPLIES THE PRINCIPLES OF MOUTH PREPARATION THRU STRUCTURED PRACTICAL EXERCISES ON STONE CASTS AND A DENTAL TYPODONT.  BOTH STOCK AND CUSTOM DENTAL IMPRESSION TRAYS AND ELASTIC IMPRESSION MATERIALS ARE USED TO PRODUCE DIAGNOSTIC AND MASTER CASTS. FINALLY THE STUDENT IS TAUGHT THE REQUIRED PAPERWORK AND PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO LEGALLY SUBMIT A RPD PRESCRIPTION TO A DENTAL LABORATORY.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5217              COMPLETE DENTURES 1 LAB           1.5 units
 
 
 
 
PROSTH 5241                   COMPLETE DENTURES 1                1 units
DIDACTIC INTRODUCTION TO THE TREATMENT OF TOTALLY EDENTULOUS PATIENTS WITH REMOVABLE COMPLETE DENTURES BEGINS WITH TERMINOLOGY, PATIENT EXAMINATION AND RIDGE AND ARCH CLASSIFICATION.  CONTINUES WITH THE ORAL ANATOMY, PERTINENT BIOMATERIALS AND THE MECHANICAL AND PHYSIOLOGIC PRINCIPLES UTILIZED IN EDENTULOUS IMPRESSION MAKING.  CONCLUDES WITH JAW RELATION RECORDS, THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL DENTURE TEETH AND THE STEPS REQUIRED TO FABRICATE, INSERT, ADJUST AND MAINTAIN COMPLETE DENTURES.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5243                 DENTAL MATERIALS 3                  1 units
THIS COURSE WILL PROVIDE THE STUDENT WITH A KNOWLEDGE OF THE MATERIALS USED IN THE PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY.  INCLUDED WILL BE DISCUSSION ON AMALGAM, VARNISHES, LINERS, BASES, CEMENTS, ACID ETCHING, TOOTH COLORED RESTORATIVE MATERIALS, IMPRESSION MATERIALS, WAXES, GYPSUM PRODUCTS, CASTING, DENTAL PORCELAIN DENTURE RESINS, DENTAL IMPLANT MATERIALS; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS AND DEVICES.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5245           COMPLETE DENTURES 1 LABORATORY  1.5 units
AN INTRODUCTORY LABORATORY COURSE IN WHICH THE STUDENT UTILIZES A VARIETY OF BIOMATERIALS TO FABRICATE A TECHNIQUE SET OF MAXILLARY AND MANDIBULAR COMPLETE DENTURES FOR A DENTAL TYPODONT.  PROVIDES EXPERIENCE IN MATERIAL HANDLING WHILE MAKING IMPRESSIONS, DENTAL CASTS AND BASEPLATES AND WAX OCCLUSION RIMS.  CONCLUDES WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF SEQUENTIAL LABORATORY PROCEDURES-TOOTH ARTICULATION, WAXING, FLASKING, BOIL-OUT, PACKING, PROCESSING AND FINISHING DENTURES.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5251          FIXED PARTIAL DENTURES - 2          1.5 units
DURING THIS COURSE THE PREPARATION OF POSTERIOR TEETH FOR A FIXED PARTIAL DENTURE ALONG WITH MAKING AN IMPRESSION, FABRICATION OF AN ALL METAL CAST FIXED PARTIAL DENTURE AND PROVISIONALIZATION OF THE PREPARED TEETH ARE INTRODUCED.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5256    FIXED PARTIAL DENTURES 2 LAB                2 units
THIS IS THE LABORATORY COMPONENT OF THE DIDACTIC COURSE FIXED PARTIAL DENTURES 2.  STUDENTS PERFORM THE PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO FABRICATE AN ALL METAL CAST FIXED PARTIAL DENTURE AND THE PROVISIONALIZATION OF THE PREPARED TEETH.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5272       FIXED PARTIAL DENTURES 2        3.5 units
THIS COURSE PROVIDES INSTRUCTION IN THE FABRICATION OF AN ANTERIOR FIXED PARTIAL DENTURE.  TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE FRAMEWORK DESIGN FOR PORCELAIN TO METAL CASTINGS, CAST POST/ CORES, AND SINGLE PORCELAIN TO METAL UNITS.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5273         FIXED PARTIAL DENTURES 3           1.5 units
THIS COURSE WILL PROVIDE INSTRUCTION ON THE PREPARATION, PLACEMENT AND CEMENTATION OF PORCELAIN VENEEERS, PORCELAIN AND COMPOSITE INLAYS AND ONLAYS; AND SINGLE UNIT ALL CERAMIC CROWNS.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5275          FIXED PARTIAL DENTURES 2 LAB        0 units
THIS PRE-CLINICAL LABORATORY COMPONENT PROVIDES INSTRUCTION IN THE FABRICATION OF AN ANTERIOR FIXED PARTIAL DENTURE. TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE FRAMEWORK DESIGN FOR PORCELAIN TO METAL CASTINGS, CAST POST/CORES, AND SINGLE PORCELAIN TO METAL UNITS.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5276        FIXED PARTIAL DENTURES 3 LAB          1.5 units
THIS IS THE LABORATORY COMPONENT OF THE DIDACTIC COURSE FIXED PARTIAL DENTURES 3.  STUDENTS PERFORM THE PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO FABRICATE PORCELAIN VENEERS, PORCELAIN AND COMPOSITE INLAYS AND ONLAYS; AND SINGLE UNIT ALL CERAMIC CROWNS.
 
PROSTH 5282               COMPLETE DENTURES 2              1 units
DIDACTIC COMPLETION OF THE TREATMENT OF TOTALLY EDENTULOUS PATIENTS WITH REMOVABLE COMPLETE DENTURES.  EXPLAINS THE USE OF BIOMATERIALS TO IMPROVE THE ORAL HEALTH OF LONG TERM DENTURE PATIENTS.  CONTINUES WITH THE TREATMENT PROCEDURES REQUIRED TO FABRICATE VARIOUS TYPES OF IMMEDIATE COMPLETE DENTURES.  CONCLUDES WITH THE PROCEDURES REQUIRED TO REBASE, RELINE AND REPAIR EXISTING COMPLETE DENTURES.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5284         CLINCAL APPLC OF DENT MATERLS         1 units
THE CLINICAL BEHAVIOR AND MANIPULATION OF DENTAL MATERIALS AS RELATED TO BASIC PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MATERIALS IS DISCUSSED.  SPECIFIC CLINICAL PROBLEMS ARE DEFINED AND KNOWLEDGE OF BASIC PROPERTIES APPLIED TO EXPLAIN THE BEHAVIOR AND/OR SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5286          COMPLETE DENTURES 2 LAB           0 units
STUDENT PERFORMS A LABORATORY REMOUNT OF   PREVIOUSLY PROCESSED TECHNIQUE COMPLETE DENTURES AND PROCEEDS TO PERFORM THE NECESSARY DENTURE EQUILIBRATION PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO COMPENSATE FOR PROCESS CHANGES IN THE DENTURE OCCLUSION, PROCEEDS WITH THE FINAL FINISHING AND POLISHING OF THE DENTURES AND CONCLUDES WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF A VARIETY OF DENTURE REPAIR PROCEDURES UTILIZING THE NOW COMPLETED TECHNIQUE DENTURES AS A PRACTICE MEDIUM.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5312               REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES 2       1 units

AN OVERVIEW OF THE DEFINITIVE TREATMENT OF THE PARTIALLY EDENTULOUS PATIENT.  PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN, OCCLUSION, SELECTIVE IMPRESSIONS, ABUTMENT PREPARATION AND SPLINTING OF THE REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURE WILL BE PRESENTED IN DETAIL.  COMBINATIONS OF FIXED PARTIAL DENTURES VERSUS REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES, OVERDENTURES, SINGLE DENTURES AND PRECISION ATTACHMENTS WILL ALSO BE PRESENTED. BIOMATERIALS AND MAXILLOFACIAL PROSTHETICS WILL COMPLETE THE OVERVIEW.
PROSTH 5319         CLINCAL REMVBL PROSTHODONTIC   3 units
THE COMPRESENSIVE AND CLINICAL TREATMENT OF A SELECTED AND ASSIGNED NUMBER OF PARTIALLY AND COMPLETELY EDENTULOUS PATIENTS.  TREATMENT CASES INCLUDE COMPLETE DENTURES, IMMEDIATE AND TRANSITIONAL DENTURES, OVERLAY DENTURES, REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES, TEMPORARY PARTIAL DENTURES, AND THE REPAIR, RELINE AND REBASE OF INDICATED DENTURES.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5340                          GERIATRICS                     1 units
AN OVERVIEW PERTAINING TO THE PROVISION OF DENTAL CARE TO THE ADULT PATIENT WITH ONE OR MORE CHRONIC, DEBILITATING, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ILLNESSES, AND/OR PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDERS. SEVERAL DEFINED ASPECTS OF AGING ARE PRESENTED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, PHARMACOLOGICAL, AND NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS ARE HIGHLIGHTED.  PSYCHIATRIC AND NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS, SALIVARY GLAND DYSFUNCTION, MANAGEMENT OF THE ELDERLY AND DEMOGRAPHICS ARE DISCUSSED.  PERIODONTAL, RESTORATIVE, PROSTHODONTIC, AND SURGICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE ELDERLY ARE ALSO PRESENTED.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5341                         IMPLANTOLOGY 1                 1 units
THIS COURSE IN IMPLANT DENTISTRY IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEACHING PROGRAM STRUCTURED TO PROVIDE A BASIC LEARNING DIDACTIC EXPERIENCE.  IT PRESENTS AN APPROACH TO THE HISTORICAL AND BIOLOGICAL BASIS FOR IMPLANTOLOGY, PATIENT EVALUATION AND TREATMENT PLANNING, IMPLANT SURGERY, PROVISIONALIZATION, DEFINITIVE PROSTHODONTIC PROCEDURES AND MAINTENANCE PROTOCOLS.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5342                 FIXED PARTIAL DENTURES 3           1 units
THIS COURSE IS DESIGNED TO REVIEW A FULL RANGE OF BASIC PROSTHODONTIC PRINCIPLES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY COVERED IN THE PRECLINICAL COMPONENTS OF THE COURSE.  DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PLANNING ARE STRESSED ALONG WITH A REVIEW OF MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES.  CLINICAL APPLICATIONS WILL BE EMPLOYED THROUGHOUT THE TERM.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5343        OCCLUSION 3 (TMD MANAGEMENT)          1 units
THIS COURSE IS AN INFORMATIVE LEVEL MULTIDISCIPLINARY PRESENTATION OF TMD MANAGEMENT FOR DENTAL PATIENTS FROM DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS, MEDICAL, CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL, SURGICAL AND A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5349           CLINCAL REMVBL PROSTHODONTIC      3 units
THE COMPREHENSIVE AND CLINICAL TREATMENT OF A SELECTED AND ASSIGNED NUMBER OF PARTIALLY AND COMPLETELY EDENTULOUS PATIENTS.  TREATMENT CASES INCLUDE COMPLETE DENTURES, IMMEDIATE AND TRANSITIONAL DENTURES, OVERLAY DENTURES, REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES, TEMPORARY PARTIAL DENTURES, AND THE REPAIR, RELINE AND REBASE OF INDICATED DENTURES.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5353               COMPLETE DENTURES 3             1 units
THIS COURSE IS A LECTURE SERIES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF TOTALLY EDENTULOUS PATIENTS.  IT IS CLINICALLY AND BEHAVIORALLY ORIENTED.  DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES, TREATMENT PLANNING AND PATIENT PREPARATION ARE DETAILED.  IMPRESSION MAKING PHILOSOPHIES AND PROCEDURES ARE ILLUSTRATED.  APPLICATIONS OF DIFFERENT OCCLUSAL CONCEPTS AND PARAMETERS TO THE TOTALLY EDENTULOUS PATIENT ARE PRESENTED.  ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS ARE ALSO DISCUSSED.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5359         CLINICAL FIXED PROSTHODONTICS     3 units
THIS COURSE WILL PROVIDE PATIENT CARE IN A CLINICAL SETTING UNDER DIRECT FACULTY SUPERVISION.  TREATMENT PROCEDURES WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIXED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR PARTIAL DENTURES.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5370                 DENTAL MATERIALS 1                 1 units
THIS INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN DENTAL MATERIALS PROVIDES THE DEFINITIONS AND DEVELOPMENT OF PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS REQUIRED FOR UNDERSTANDING OF SOLID STATE EVENTS.  THIS INCLUDES THE STRUCTURE OF SOLIDS, LIQUIDS AND GASES, TYPES OF CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL BONDING, AND LATTACE DEFECTS PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS TO INCLUDE THERMAL, ELECTRICAL, OPTICAL, CHEMICAL, MECHANICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ARE PRESENTED.  BIOMATERIALS TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATED WITH GYPSUM PRODUCTS, IMPRESSION MATERIALS, PROSTHETIC AND RESTORATIVE RESINS AND LUTING CEMENTS ARE ALSO PRESENTED.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5371               IMPLANTOLOGY 2              1 units
THIS COURSE IN IMPLANT DENTISTRY IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEACHING PROGRAM, STRUCTURED TO PROVIDE BASIC LEARNING DIDACTIC EXPERIENCE.  IT PRESENTS AN APPROACH TO HISTORICAL AND BIOLOGICAL BASIS FOR IMPLANTOLOGY, PATIENT EVALUATION AND TREATMENT PLANNING, IMPLANT SURGERY AND PROVISIONALIZATION, DEFINITIVE PROSTHODONTIC PROCEDURES, AND MAINTENANCE PROTOCOLS.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5376           IMPLANTOLOGY 2 LABORATORY         0 units

THIS COURSE SERVES AS THE PRE-CLINIC LABORATORY COMPONENT OF PROSTH 5371, IMPLANTOLOGY.  STUDENTS WILL PERFORM IMPLANT PROCEDURES ON MODELS AND MANNEQUINS.
PROSTH 5379        CLINICAL FIXED PROSTHODONTICS      3 units
THIS COURSE WILL PROVIDE PATIENT CARE IN A CLINICAL SETTING UNDER DIRECT FACULTY SUPERVISION.  TREATMENT PROCEDURES WILL INCLUDE ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR FIXED PARTIAL DENTURES.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5384          OCCLUSION 4 (CLINICAL TMD)         0.5 units
THIS COURSE IS AN INFORMATION LEVEL MULTIDISCIPLINARY PRESENTATION OF THE CLINICAL SERVICES FOR TMD PATIENTS, AS CONCERNING WORKUP, TREATMENT AND POST TREATMENT EVALUATION.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5410              IMPLANTOLOGY                   1 units
THIS COURSE IN IMPLANT DENTISTRY IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEACHING PROGRAM, STRUCTURED TO PROVIDE BASIC LEARNING DIDACTIC EXPERIENCE.  IT PRESENTS AN APPROACH TO HISTORICAL AND BIOLOGICAL BASIS FOR IMPLANTOLOGY, PATIENT EVALUATION AND TREATMENT PLANNING, IMPLANT SURGERY AND PROVISIONALIZATION, DEFINITIVE PROSTHODONTIC PROCEDURES, AND MAINTENANCE PROTOCOLS.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5411             GERIATRICS                       1 units
AN OVERVIEW PERTAINING TO THE PROVISION OF DENTAL CARE OF THE ADULT PATIENT WITH ONE OR MORE CHRONIC, DEBILITATING, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ILLNESSES, AND/OR PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDERS. SEVERAL DEFINED ASPECTS OF AGING ARE PRESENTED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, PHARMACOLOGICAL, AND NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS ARE HIGHLIGHTED.  PSYCHIATRIC AND NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS, SALIVARY GLAND DYSFUNCTION, MANAGEMENT OF THE ELDERLY AND DEMOGRAPHICS ARE DISCUSSED.  PERIODONTAL, RESTORATIVE, PROSTHODONTICS, AND SURGICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE ELDERLY ARE ALSO PRESENTED.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5412           DENTAL MATERIALS 2                  1 units
THIS COURSE WILL PROVIDE THE STUDENT WITH A KNOWLEDGE OF THE MATERIALS USED IN THE PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY.  INCLUDED WILL BE DISCUSSION ON AMALGAM, VARNISHES, LINERS, BASES, CEMENTS, ACID ETCHING, TOOTH COLORED RESTORATIVE MATERIALS, IMPRESSION MATERIALS, WAXES, GYPSUM PRODUCTS, CASTING DENTAL PORCELAIN DENTURE RESINS, DENTAL IMPLANT MATERIALS; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS AND DEVICES.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5413           IMPLANTOLOGY 2                 2 units
THIS COURSE IS A CONTINUATION OF PROSTH 5371, IMPLANTOLOGY 1, A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEACHING COURSE, STRUCTURED TO PROVIDE BASIC LEARNING DIDACTIC EXPERIENCES.  IT PRESENTS AN APPROACH TO HISTORICAL AND BIOLOGICAL BASIS FOR IMPLANTOLOGY, PATIENT EVALUATION AND TREATMENT PLANNING, IMPLANT SURGERY, AND PROVISIONALIZATION, DEFINITIVE PROSTHETIC PROCEDURES AND MAINTENANCE PROTOCOLS.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5414           FIXED PROSTHODONTICS 4           1 units
THIS COURSE IS DESIGNED TO COVER ADVANCED PROCEDURES AND MATERIALS RELATED TO FIXED PROSTHODONTICS.
 
PROSTH 5415            IMPLANTOLOGY 1 LABORATORY     0 units
THIS COURSE SERVES AS THE PRE-CLINIC LABORATORY COMPONENT OF PROSTH 5410, IMPLANTOLOGY 1.  STUDENTS WILL PERFORM IMPLANT PROCEDURES ON MODELS AND MANIKINS.
 
 
 
PROSTH 5416              IMPLANTOLOGY 2 LAB           0 units
THIS COURSE SERVES AS THE PRE-CLINICAL COMPONENT OF PROSTH 5413, IMPLANTOLOGY 2.  STUDENTS WILL PERFORM IMPLANT PROCEDURES ON MODELS AND MANIKINS.