Department of Prosthodontics
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Arturo J.
Mendez, DDS
Head, Department of
Prosthodontics
ProfessorLSUHSC 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.
View rosters of
full-time
and
part-time faculty members
in the Department of Prosthodontics.
Advanced Education Program in Prosthodontics
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