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Prosthodontics
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Arturo
J. Mendez, D.D.S.
Head, Department of Prosthodontics
Professor
LSUHSC School of Dentistry
Department of Prosthodontics
Box 222
1100 Florida Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70119
Phone: 504-941-8283
Email: amende@lsuhsc.edu |
The Prosthodontics Department is responsible for teaching undergraduate
students and postgraduate students in several areas: Fixed
Prosthodontics, Removable Prosthodontics, Dental Laboratory Technology,
Occlusion and TMJ Dysfunction, Dental Implants, Dental Ceramics,
Maxillofacial Prosthodontics. The Department offers 40 courses in the
preclinical laboratory, the Simulation Laboratory, and in the clinic.
To that effect, it is staffed with 14 full-time and 15 part-time
faculty with a wide range of expertise. The department is also involved
in several areas of research including dental materials (such as
adhesives, ceramics and impression materials), dental implants,
occlusion, and computerized dentistry.
The field of Prosthodontics involves the restoration of morphology,
function and esthetics. The Prosthodontics Department interacts on a
daily basis with the other disciplines taught at LSU School of
Dentistry towards the achievement of that goal. In their first two
years the undergraduate students are taught the basics of
Prosthodontics in Preclinical laboratory courses and learn during the
next two years the clinical aspects of dental restorations. To that
effect, they learn to integrate the concepts taught in the other
departments for proper diagnosis sequencing and decision making when
treating patients towards the final restoration. At the postgraduate
level, the Prosthodontics residents learn advanced patient treatment
including TMJ dysfunction, implants and esthetics through a team effort
with the Endodontics, Periodontics, and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
residents in various areas including the TMJ Clinic, the Implant
Clinic, and the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans.
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