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The Department of Operative Dentistry and Biomaterials is one of nine clinical science departments at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Dentistry (LSUHSCSD). The department conducts preclinical and clinical teaching in operative dentistry and biomaterials to students in the freshman, sophomore and junior years. Courses in esthetic dentistry as well as senior electives in dental photography and effective use of dental assistants are taught by department members. Biomaterials courses are taught to dental and dental hygiene students as well as graduate students. Research interests in the department include developing dental filling materials that inhibit dental decay, improving mechanical and physical properties of existing dental filling materials as well as the clinical evaluation of dental restorative materials. Faculty, within the department, are active funded members of the Center of Excellence in Oral and Craniofacial Biology. We frequently collaborate on funded projects with other departments in and outside the Health Sciences Center as well as other institutions. The Department of Operative Dentistry and Biomaterials is located in the Dental School. Offices are located on the third, fifth and sixth floors with laboratories found from the basement to the eighth floor. Recruitment of one faculty member is in progress bringing the department size to eleven full time and nine part time faculty. Currently three postdoctoral fellows are working in the departmental laboratories. Departmental equipment includes scanning electron microscopy, mechanical testing machines, chemical analysis and synthesis equipment as well and hardness testers and shrinkage measurement devices. Departmental goals are to build a strong clinical, teaching and research department in which all faculty members contribute to the success of the institute and the education of the developing dentist. We are building significant funding sources from federal, state, private and industrial sources to further basic and applied research. Our greatest goal is to further the success of the Health Sciences Center by gaining national and international recognition for the department and the school.
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