Literature review and discussion of past and current concepts and practices of implant prosthodontics and maxillofacial prosthetics.

Residents will work with the practitioners in the area of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery to evaluate and treat patients who require surgical treatment of oral disease, elective treatment of partial and complete edentulism and maxillofacial defects. Residents will learn the diagnostic testing media for use with these patients. This will include standard intraoral, panoramic and cephalometric radiography along with lateral hypocycloidal tomography, computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of teeth, jaws, temporomandibular joints and facial structures. Residents will learn techniques for treatment, especially in a multispecialty health care environment.