Graduate prosthodontics

EVOLUTION OF THE PROGRAM

Since its establishment, the UCLA Advanced Prosthodontics Graduate Program has evolved into an internationally recognized and respected accredited postgraduate certificate program, shaping and developing the future minds of the field of prosthodontics. The three-year curriculum prepares its residents with a strong, evidenced-based rationale in the process of diagnosing patients and providing them with customized treatment plans.

COMPLEX TREATMENT PLANNING & EXECUTION

The residents typically work with extremely dentally complex, long term treatment patients, which often requires a multi-disciplinary approach. They learn how to coordinate treatment between the disciplines in order to comprehensively treat a patient, working closely with the UCLA Periodontal, Oral Surgery, Orthodontic, Endodontic, and Radiologic Departments in order to best execute a restoratively driven treatment plan. Residents also have a golden opportunity to work intimately with the in-house and local laboratories, as well as our own digital resources in order to fabricate prostheses.

THE DIGITAL FRONTIER

As residents become acquainted with the conventional methods of fabricating prostheses, they also learn to utilize digital resources that are becoming very popular today! Residents plan fully-guided implant surgeries, learn how to create stackable guides, and have top-of-the-line 3D printers and mills at their disposal in order to fabricate surgical templates and provisionals and more in order to aid in treating patients. Our resident doctors also learn how to use the latest technologies available in order to utilize them to provide advanced treatment.

THE CUTTING EDGE OF RESEARCH

Residents are encouraged to participate in research during their time at UCLA, as they have the incredible opportunity to work with world-renowned scientists and practitioners in order to test their hypotheses and flesh out the answers to questions and ideas. UCLA Residents frequently present at National and International Conferences and publish their completed works which address clinically relevant issues and make a positive impact on dental practices, world-wide. Pictured below, Dr. Brittany Kane, Second Year Prosthodontics Resident, who won the 1st place at the prestigious 2019 Sharry Award for her research mentored by Dr. Moshaverinia.

LIST OF CURRENT RESIDENT ABSTRACTS AND PUBLICATIONS

Faulkner, R.: A comparative bond strength analysis of digital denture materials using three common reline materials

Presented: UCLA Science and Dental Practice Conference, 2019

Parikh, V. (Dong-Hui Cheng, Chase Linsley & Kumar Shah) Bond Strength of Provisional Crown Reline Materials to Milled PMMA.

Presented: UCLA School Research Day March 2019, Academy of Prosthodontics May 2019, UCLA Advanced Prosthodontics Science Day June 2019 - Won first place in Dental Materials category

Hutkin, K.: Tunable Nanolayered Implant Coatings for Bone Tissue Engineering

Presented at ACP 2019

Kane, B.: Hasani M, Aghaloo T, Shah K, Ansari S, Moshaverinia A. A Stem Cell-laden Photocrosslinkable Adhesive Hydrogel for Treatment of Peri-implantitis.

Presented: First Place WInner, ACP Sharry Award & Poster Competition Presenter, American College of Prosthodontists, 2019 Annual Session, Poster Competition Presenter, International College of Prosthodontists, 18th Biennial Meeting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Anadioti E, Kane B, Mante F, Bergler M, Blatz M. Accuracy of 3D-Printed and Milled CAD/CAM Models.

Presented: IADR, Vancouver, Canada 2019