AEGD CURRICULUM
CURRICULUM
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The AEGD curriculum is designed to prepare the resident to manage the total range of general dental practice through instruction and experience in the delivery of care to a wide range of patients. The program provides a didactic and clinical curriculum with the following objectives:
Oral Diagnosis
- Understand the general principles of differential diagnosis.
- Be able to formulate and present a comprehensive plan of treatment.
- Be able to identify and diagnose soft tissue lesions, pits, fistulae and draining lesions, radiolucencies and radiopacities on radiographic images, and masses of the neck and facial abnormalities.
- Understand the basic concepts and clinical applications of evidence-based dentistry.
- Understand the etiology of the worn dentition.
- Be able to identify, understand and apply the principles of cracked tooth syndrome.
- Understand, identify and apply the principles of medical error prevention.
- Be able to properly identify, and laboratory values for specific medical conditions.
- Be able to demonstrate knowledge of accepted therapy for oral ulcerations and vesiculobullous conditions.
- Demonstrate knowledge of accepted therapy for oral ulcerations and vesiculobullous conditions.
- Demonstrate knowledge of common pathologic processes of the jaws.
General Dentistry
- Understand the basic fundamentals of phased treatment planning
- Learn how to formulate and effectively deliver multiple treatment options to patients
- Learn how to use and evaluate new operative techniques and dental materials
- Understand the active and inactive carious process and when to initiate treatment
- Learn and master appropriate tooth preparation with respect to different restorative materials and tooth structure circumstances
- Learn how to use and manage proper isolation techniques
- Understand how to select and use the most appropriate restorative material under varying circumstances
- Understand and implement appropriate pulpal protection under varying circumstances and with multiple materials
- Learn how to incorporate functional anatomy into restorations in order to preserve proper function and interarch relationships
- Understand the need for patient recall and dental maintenance procedures
- Understand dental biomaterials and properties of restorative materials
- Learn how to incorporate new or cutting edge services and equipment into the modem practice
- Understand when to incorporate new technology and when to wait until it develops further
- Understand how to make a decision to incorporate new technology or procedure; or, to pursue further skill and experience first
- Understand the need for direct esthetic restorations to restore defects secondary to dental caries, developmental disturbances and regressive alterations that may occur
- Diagnose and deliver direct esthetic procedures such as diastema closures, direct veneers, anterior and posterior esthetic restoratives
Introduction to Fixed Prosthodontics/Crown & Bridge
- Be able to perform a comprehensive oral exam, and collect the necessary clinical data to form a basic prosthodontic/restorative treatment plan
- Be able to form a phased and sequenced treatment plan for a basic prosthodontic/restorative patient
- Evaluate a patient’s occlusion and diagnosing the potential etiology of some common causes for prosthodontic/restorative needs
- Understand the principles of proper case selection and treatment planning procedures
- Understand and can they perform quality impression techniques, jaw relations and provisionals to capture the proper maxillo-mandibular relationship
- Learn and complete proper tooth preparations to ensure proper aesthetics, function, retention and resistance form
- Understand shade selection and contouring of the dental restoration and communication with the dental lab
- Understand correct cementation or bonding of the dental restoration and the need for maintenance
Practice Management
- Understand business and management issues in practice
- Understand how to communicate effectively with patients, staff and other professionals
- Learn how to incorporate continuous quality improvement into a practice
- Understand and implement human resource effectiveness into a practice
- Learn how to properly and effectively utilize CDT codes
- Understand how to function in a variety of dental settings and with multiple dental benefit plans
- Learn how to function within the scope of dental practice laws and regulations
- Learn how to operate within organized dentistry
- Learn how to work effectively with dental laboratories
Comprehensive Prosthetics and Surgical Procedures
- Understand occlusal disease and the rationale for therapy
- Understand occlusal parafunction and temporomandibular disorders
- Understand the masticatory system function and pathofunction
- Understand the anatomical basis of occlusion
- Learn accepted occlusal principles
- Understand occlusal disharmony and TMD
- Understand occlusal forces and periodontal disease
- Learn the occlusal basis of treatment planning
- Learn occlusal splint therapy
- Understand occlusal equilibration and the diagnostic workup
- Learn and effectively employ the dentist-ceramist communication
Comprehensive Reconstruction and Aesthetics
- Learn and complete an appropriate case analysis for treatment
- Understand how and when to use different types of retainers
- Gain competency in CAD/CAM treatments
- Be exposed to differing philosophies of occlusion
- Develop strategies to sequence complex treatment plans
- Understand the basic technique of restoring an implant with a prosthodontic/restorative prosthesis
- Discuss the etiology of the worn dentition
- Understand shade selection and restorative contouring
- Understand laboratory communication: from the diagnostic wax-up, to shade selection, to completion of the restoration
- Understand the aesthetic principles to dentistry
- Learn how to integrate aesthetics to achieve patient satisfaction and treatment success
- Learn the basic preparation form and technique for ceramic laminates
- l3. Understand which gingival margin preparation is best for different situations
- Understand the appropriate ways to achieve proper shade selection
- Understand the principles for the use of attachments to achieve aesthetic partials
- Learn how to modify shade and anatomy to achieve patient satisfaction
- Discuss the importance of dental materials and material selection
Removable Prosthetics
- Understand the diagnosis and treatment planning procedures for edentulous and partially edentulous patients
- Perform the techniques for fabrication of complete dentures and partially edentulous removable prostheses
- Understand how to manage the psycho-social problems and needs of the patient
- Learn the alternative clasping arrangements for removable partial prostheses
- Understand the concept of balanced occlusion
- Learn how to use and incorporate precision attachments
- Understand the guidelines for clasp placement in removable partial prostheses
- Learn how to make proper occlusal records and make the correct articulator settings
Oral Surgery
- Develop skills in performing patient history, physical examinations, physical/dental diagnosis and medical risk assessment.
- Learn how to select and deliver commonly used local anesthetic agents and understand the possible side effects.
- Learn how to select and use commonly prescribed antibiotics and pain medications.
- Understand and employ the concept of informed consent.
- Learn and demonstrate the principles of routine exodontia and biopsies.
- Learn how to read and interpret radiographic images prior to exodontia.
- Learn the indications and contraindications for oral surgery treatment.
- Learn the principles for evaluating third molars prior to extraction.
- Learn the anatomic considerations and limitations for third molar removal.
- Understand and demonstrate the principles of socket preservation.
- Learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of medical emergencies.
- Learn to interpret and read Cone Beam CT scanned images.
- Learn surgical guides.
Periodontology
- Understand the principles of diagnosis and classification of periodontal disease.
- Learn how to perform a proper periodontal evaluation.
- Understand the epidemiology of periodontal disease.
- Understand the role of systemic disease with periodontal disease.
- Learn how to develop and implement a periodontal treatment plan and recall program.
- Learn the principles of non-surgical periodontal therapy.
- Learn, apply and utilize the principles of surgical periodontal therapy.
- Learn how to diagnose, treatment plan and perform crown lengthening procedures.
- Learn to interpret and read Cone Beam CT scanned images
- Learn surgical guides.
Endodontics
- Understand the success and failure factors in endodontics.
- Learn how to properly select endodontic cases and treatment plan.
- Understand the process of endodontic diagnosis.
- Learn how to identify and treat endodontic emergencies.
- Understand the principles of access, instrumentation, obturation and current armamentarium.
- Learn how to differentially diagnose and treat acute and chronic apical periodontitis.
- Learn proper case selection and treatment of previous endodontically treated teeth.
Introduction to Dental Implants
- Understand the location and proper management of vital structures that affect implant surgery and placement.
- Understand soft tissue management, flap design and suturing techniques employed in implant dentistry.
- Understand how to treatment plan cases involving implant dentistry.
- Learn how to evaluate and select from the various implant systems.
- Learn how to select the proper implant components and employ proper impression techniques.
- Understand the various fixed and removable prosthetic options for implant dentistry.
- Understand how to diagnose and treat implant complications.
- Understand implant maintenance and how to communicate its importance and technique to patients.
Implantology 1- 2
- Understand applied occlusal concepts to implant dentistry.
- Understand how to select and use various implant types.
- Learn to interpret and read Cone Beam CT scanned images.
- Learn surgical guides.
- Learn how to perform sinus lift surgery.
- Learn how to utilize bone grafting and membrane materials.
- Learn how to diagnose and treat failing implants.
- Understand the concepts related to immediate implant placement and immediate load.
- Understand the management of soft tissue as it relates to implant surgery and placement.
- Understand bone physiology, quality and remodeling.
Pediatric Dentistry
- Learn to properly diagnose and treatment plan pediatric patients.
- Learn how to use the proper restorative materials and techniques for the primary dentition.
- Learn proper pulpal therapy procedures for primary and young permanent dentition.
- Learn the proper local anesthesia and conscious sedation techniques employed in treating pediatric patients.
- Learn how to manage acute dental trauma in primary and young permanent teeth.
- Understand the general concepts of growth and development in young patients.
- Learn how to diagnose, manage and treat harmful habits in pediatric and adolescent patients.
- Understand and properly employ the use of space maintainers in pediatric dentistry.
- Learn to utilize appropriate behavioral management skills to effectively treat the pediatric patient.
- Learn to provide comprehensive pediatric dental care in a general practice setting.
Orthodontics
- Learn how to diagnose and treat cases – targeted to the general dentist.
- Learn how to interpret, read and trace cephalometric images.
- Learn the appropriate use of and techniques employed in the bonding of bands and brackets.
- Learn how to take and complete set of orthodontic records.
- Understand and learn how to use archwire sequence, arch width control and coils.
- Learn proper anchorage principles and how to use common appliances.
- Understand how to differentiate between Class I and II malocclusions.
- Understand the keys to occlusion and sequence for retention of cases.
Digital Workflow
- Digital workflow affects all areas of dentistry.
- It has a diagnostic component not only for disease but whether or not implant are indicated and if so what limitations must be adhere to.
- It has indications both for diagnosis and placement of implants as well as endodontic implications.
- Identifying and diagnosis inferior nerve involvement in the mandible, and sinuses in the maxilla.
- Digital workflow is included in Basic Dental Services and before any work is completed. All specialist who has involvement must consulted and agree work composed is appropriate.
- Identify clinical pathology.