LECTURE AND LAB 4 weekend series - introduces a wide variety of treatment methods. Since the newest techniques are often controversial, a range of differing views will be presented. Discussion periods allow clinicians to ask questions and express concerns. While concepts are still fresh, the progam continues in the laboratory with hands-on sessions that provide first-hand experience with the newly introduced materials and techniques. This combination of verbal, visual and experiential teaching on a single topic, contribute to highly effective learning.
Download pdf version of the Postgraduate Series in Esthetic Dentistry 2004 program brochure or view program details here.

The LECTURE AND LAB series are 3-day sessions, held on four non-consecutive weekends. This schedule was designed to minimize the number of days away from your practice and is ideal for out-of-town participants. While this may seem like a rigourous schedule, the varied teaching formats, rapid pace of the lectures coupled with ample coffee and meal breaks, make for a stimulating and pleasant learning experience.

PROGRAM BENEFITS

• Learn how to incorporate the latest esthetic materials and techniques into your practice
• Access to the top clinicians/lectures in the field of esthetic dentistry
• Limited enrollment assures an exceptional level of interaction with instructors
• Enjoy a variety of learning experiences including lecture,discussion, hands-on laboratory, and live video demonstrations
• Gain laboratory experience with new materials and techniques

A thorough understanding and knowledge of biomaterials and dental materials provides the foundation for research and clinical application in esthetic dentistry. Subject Mastery Modules provide a substantial body of knowledge, research experience and clinical proficiency in esthetic dentistry to meet the goals and objectives of the ADA’s Opinion 5.1.2

Minimum 5 UB/EDEC Modules or substitution at the following affiliated program are required:
Subject Mastery Affiliations - All subsitutions must be approved by EDEC Director.

• Spears Programs Seattle Institute for Adv anced Dental Education
• Dawson Center for Advanced Dental Study - St. Petersburg, Florida
• PPED Minnesota
• Implant Programs - contact the EDEC Director for further information

Modules Offered in 2005:	Material List	Module Overview
Esthetic Removable Partial Dentures Sept. 16-18
A Practical Approach to Occlusion Nov 16-19
Modules not scheduled yet	Material List	Module Overview
Dental CEO: Management Certificate Program - UB School of Management
Esthetic Alternatives to Amalgam
Basic Implant Dentistry - 1/2 module equivalent
Supplies and material provided by the Dental School
Patient selection criteria and assisting services policy	Download

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List of upcoming course offerings by month

The Patient Mastery Program is a required component of the Certificate of Proficiency in Esthetic Dentistry. The next Program series begins in February 2006 and can be viewed here. It is designed to be challenging but also rewarding. The Program will test your knowledge and the skills necessary to achieve excellence in esthetic dentistry. The program consists of 5 phases.

Prerequistes
A comprehensive, introductory esthetic dentistry program (such as UB's Practical Esthetic Dentistry) as well as the Subject Mastery requirements must be completed prior to participation in the Patient Mastery Program.

History
The Patient Mastery Program was developed with considerations to the recommendations of the first recipients of the Certificate of Proficiency. The Patient Mastery Program is designed to evaluate your knowledge and the skills necessary for excellence in esthetic dentistry.

Patient Treatment
You will treat two patients under the guidance of faculty who are experts in their respective fields. One patient will be treated at the Esthetic Dentistry Education Center at the UB Dental School, while the other patient will be treated in your office with documentation that will be reviewed at each phase.

One patient must have an indication for an implant in the esthetic zone along with other esthetic considerations. The second patient should be a complex esthetic case with anterior and posterior considerations that require restoration of form, function and esthetics. Both cases will be presented at the final phase of the program, and must meet the standards of the faculty before the Patient Mastery Program is considered complete. Download patient selection criteria and Assisting Services policy

UB is offering a one year residency program in Esthetic Dentistry through the Graduate School. The program includes lecture, seminar, laboratory, clinical practice and research. The residents are also required to take the Subject Mastery programs through Continuing Dental Education. An Esthetic Dentistry Certificate through the Graduate School will be awarded upon completion of the program. For additional information contact:
Undergraduate Dental Education Office of Student Affairs
Phone: 716. 829. 2938
E-mail: ub-sdm-admissions@buffalo.edu

International Program
Programs are offered for individuals and groups. The center is developing affiliations with various university dental schools through out the world to facilitate continuing education for their faculty and graduates. Individuals may apply for continuing dental education programs in esthetic dentistry through the division of continuing dental education. The programs are individualized as to subject, mode of education and length of program. A certificate of attendance is issued upon completion.

For further information on courses and electives available to senior dental students send an email to Lois Karhinen.

Undergraduate education in esthetic dentistry begins in the freshman year. The freshmen receive two lectures and a laboratory exercise. The first lecture is an introduction to esthetic dental materials given in their biomaterials lecture series. In the second semester, the lecture centers on home bleaching and shade selection. In conjunction with the lecture the students participate in a laboratory exercise in which they fabricate bleaching trays and select shades. In the future, we plan on introducing home bleaching in the freshman clinical program. The freshman will be able to offer home bleaching in the preventive clinic along with exams, preventive instructions and dental prophylaxis.

Sophomores have three preclinical laboratory projects related to esthetic dentistry. The first involves a lecture and laboratory exercise on veneer preparation, bonding and direct placement of composite restorations. The second project is a lecture and laboratory exercise for preparation of tooth color inlay and onlay restorations. The final project is a lecture and laboratory exercise for preparation of all ceramic full crown restorations.

The juniors have a 16 week lecture course to prepare them for clinical esthetic dentistry in their senior year. There are lectures outlining basic knowledge needed to place esthetic restorations. The subjects are covered in a manual which in given to the students at the beginning of the course. The manual follows the slide series so that the students can take additional notes during lectures.

The senior year students are now prepared to place esthetic restorations for their patients. They have the opportunity to use the Esthetic Dentistry Center where they will be exposed to new dental materials and techniques. Because of the center’s relationship with many dental manufactures, the center is able to have up-to-date materials for students use. Students do treatment planning, complete esthetic work-up, occlusal equilibration, bleaching procedures, direct and indirect composite restorations, ceramic restorations and other esthetic procedures. Seniors have opportunities to treat their patients in their clinical group practices and in the Esthetic Center. .