Postdoctoral Esthetic, Operative & Digital Dentistry (OP)

• SDM OP 750: Preclinical Restorative Dentistry
  Laboratory instruction that will introduce new techniques and enhance technical restorative skills. Will provide exposure to procedures not exposed at the pre-doctoral level and give in-depth rationales of all potential clinical procedures that students will be expected to perform during their clinical career.
• SDM OP 803: Seminar: Operative Dentistry
  Literature Review format seminars. Small group discussions to critically review current literature on topics in restorative dentistry. Students design and present lectures to the group.
• SDM OP 804: Case Presentation and Patient Care Conference
  Comprehensive patient care conference exploring diagnosis, treatment planning, and management of ongoing clinical cases, as well as the evaluation of health, function, esthetic and implementation of digital dentistry during clinical cases. Dr. Cassis.
• SDM OP 807: Preclinical Techniques
  Laboratory instruction in instrumentation, development of cavity preparation, and provisional restorations. Cavities fabricated and restorative materials placed with attention to outline form, retention and resistance form, line and point angles, reestablishment of tooth morphology, occlusion contact placement, and function. 1st sem.
• SDM OP 810: Case Presentation and Treatment Planning Seminar
  Comprehensive patient care conference exploring diagnosis, treatment planning and management of ongoing clinical cases.
• SDM OP 812: Prosthodontics Seminar and Literature Review
  An in-depth review of procedures and techniques in restorative dentistry, including an extensive review of a wide range of research articles discussing restorative procedures and innovations. 1st sem.
• SDM OP 828: Esthetic Dentistry
  Introduces students to principles, treatment planning, treatment methodology and the most recent developments in esthetic dentistry. Course is designed to prepare students to diagnose, plan and provide clinical care to patients with problems related to dental esthetics. Topics include: principles of esthetic dentistry, tooth bleaching, use of direct and indirect resins, ceramic veneers, ceramic inlays/onlays, esthetics in fixed prosthodontics. 1st and 2nd sem.
• SDM OP 835: Advanced Laboratory CAD/CAM Restoration
  This series of monthly seminars and clinical exercises develop understanding and skills in applying cone beam computerized tomography (CBCT) and digital technology for the assessment, planning, and treatment with implant restorations and multiple unit fixed partial dentures. Semester 1 & 2.
• SDM OP 852: Implantology for the General Practitioner
  A series of lectures covering the history of implants, tissue bio-compatibility, and bio-mechanics. Encompasses tissue biology, patient selection, diagnosis, treatment planning, and literature review. Includes presentation of oral surgery and prosthodontic considerations utilizing different implant systems. 1st and 2nd sem.
• SDM OP 912: Clinical Operative Dentistry 1
  Clinical participation in routine esthetic and operative dentistry procedures while incorporating digital techniques. Special attention is given to diagnosis, treatment planning and the relationship of restorative dentistry to other disciplines, with the incorporation of principles of esthetic and reestablishment of health and function, digital planning of restoration and placement of implants.
• SDM OP 913: Clinical Operative Dentistry 2
  Clinical participation in routine esthetic and operative dentistry procedures while incorporating digital techniques. Special attention is given to diagnosis, treatment planning and the relationship of restorative dentistry to other disciplines, with the incorporation of principles of esthetic and reestablishment of health and function, digital planning of restoration and placement of implants.
• SDM OP 915: Literature Review: Esthetic, Digital, and Operative Dentistry
  A weekly seminar and review of current and classic articles of different disciplines in esthetic, digital, and operative dentistry.
• SDM OP 916: Literature Review Operative Dentistry
  A weekly seminar and review of current and classic articles of different disciplines in esthetic, digital, and operative dentistry.
• SDM PR 826: Digital Dentistry in Prosthodontics and Restorative Science
  The didactic and hand on course Digital Dentistry in Prosthodontics and Restorative Science is a continuation and extension of the restorative sciences curriculum. It provides residents with fundamental knowledge of principles and basic techniques of digital dentistry. This course will offer a wide range of experiences in digital dentistry from examination, treatment planning, mandibular function analyzes, airway, designing (CAD), production (CAM) to the application of dental research. The course serves a pivotal role in bridging the basic knowledge of digital dentistry in prosthodontics and restorative sciences, in which classes are taken predominantly and concurrently during the first-year residency, and the various subsequent clinical science courses. The student is made aware of how advances in dentistry are derived from scientific approaches and how the modern dentist has to be able to understand scientific data dealing with the digital world of restorative sciences. Current trends in dentistry demand that the practitioner can evaluate digital data intelligently, to make judgments on new diagnostic and therapeutic technologies.