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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 very 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, Computerized Dentistry. The field of Prosthodontics
deals with 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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