PROSTHODONTICS & CROWN & BRIDGE

INTRODUCTION OF THE DEPARTMENT

Prosthodontics is the dental specialty pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment planning, rehabilitation and maintenance of the oral function, comfort, appearance and health of patients with clinical conditions associated with missing or deficient teeth and/or oral and maxillofacial tissues using biocompatible substitutes.

A Prosthodontist Post Graduate Programe has three years of extended training in several areas of restorative dentistry, including dental implants, crowns, bridges, complete dentures, partial dentures, esthetics, occlusion, and facial and dental birth developmental defects. Prosthodontists are also trained in the technical and technological aspects of laboratory fabrication of complex dental prosthetics and complex restoration of dental and facial esthetics. Maxillofacial prosthetics is a branch of Prosthodontics that requires one additional year of fellowship training with a focus on treatment of patients who have acquired and congenital defects of the head and neck region due to cancer, surgery, trauma, and birth defects.

KEY POINTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT

• Well-equipped laboratory to fabricate dentures and prosthesis, one for undergraduates and for postgraduates
• Best-in-class infrastructure and faculty
• Teaching activities are designed to put students at par with their peers at reputed universities in India and abroad
• Department organises professional development programs to upgrade the knowledge of faculty and students
• Regular hands on programs for students facilitate insight into recent advances
• Free denture camps organised by the department expose the students to a variety of patients. Departmental library is adequately stocked with textbooks and internet facility.
• Separate lab for preclinical prosthodontic work, which caters to the need of 100 students and postgraduates
• A separate casting and ceramic lab with the latest equipment and material, capable of functioning as a commercial dental laborator