Best AEGD Programs for Implant/Prosth Experience

[strazzel]

Hey everyone- I'm a 3rd year dental student starting to look into residency programs. Currently, I am deciding between specializing in Prosthodontics or going the AEGD route. I am leaning towards being very selective of the Prosthodontic programs I would attend which obviously would lower my chances of getting accepted to one of them. Therefore, I wanted to see if anyone had suggestions for the best AEGD programs that tend to be heavier in implant/prosth cases. I know that the VA hospitals are well regarded in this area, but I wanted to find a few more since the majority of these programs are non-match and my top choice is a match program. I would feel a lot more comfortable if I had a couple of other good match programs to apply to as a fall back option in case I really love my first choice and don't want to withdraw from match to accept one of the other programs.

Thanks in advance for any input.

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[Svart Aske]

What are you basing your selection of pros programs on?

I've heard good things about the Orlando VA AEGD. The program director is a prosthodontist.

 

[strazzel]

What are you basing your selection of pros programs on?

I've heard good things about the Orlando VA AEGD. The program director is a prosthodontist.

I'm mainly looking for a program with a clinical focus that is affordable. I have a lot of student debt already and will be practicing in an area that won't make money a good reason to go into pros, so as much as I would love to do it I can't afford to make a large financial investment in addition to the extra time. I also would prefer a program that doesn't require a masters. I don't mind doing some research or literature reviews at all- but I would prefer to focus on the clinical experience treating patients to doing a thesis or taking microbiology classes.

I'll give Orlando VA another look. The VA programs honestly all sound great but the problem I am running into is that so many are non-match and my current top choice for AEGD is a match program.

 

[autoclavemonkey]

If you want prosth experience from GPR/AEGD, definitely look into VA programs. Many of them are also match. VA San Diego, Brooklyn, Bronx, Denver, San Francisco, Long beach...I think these are all pretty good programs. I do believe VA San Antonio is non-match.

 

[D1ForLifeSon]

out of curiosity, why are you so focused on a Match program? Getting good residency info is so hard man, it requires a lot of leg work, track some residents and ask them.. You can use search function here for a specific program, find someone that mentioned the program (ie. they are there / went there) and hit them up and ask them about it. You can reach out to program directors and introduce yourself / ask about their program / ask for contact info for their residents and ask them... some times reaching out to these residents results in a lot of info and they are really open to talking about it with you but often if the resident is currently in the program - they may not even answer you.. On spring breaks, summer breaks etc.. dont go on vacay, go visit residencies - nothing beats actually seeing the program.. or combine your site visit with your vacay 😉

 

[Combine33]

Current PGY-1 at A.T Still University in Mesa, AZ. I've restored at least 25 arches of removable, tons of crowns, placed ~20 implants, restored implant overdentures, can be prosth heavy if you want. Our associate director is an amazing and very knowledgeable prosthodontist. Roseman in Utah has about 3-4 residents and does All-On-Four cases.

 

[Vicviper]

I used to be affiliated with the AEGD program at A.T. Still, it was the first thing I thought of when I saw your question. They've got great faculty, and do some really interesting cases. Still a bit of a "dental school" environment (other than the obvious fact that it is at the dental school, haha), but you definitely get some great specialty experience - highly recommend if that's what you're looking for, and the Phoenix metro area is pretty nice and relatively inexpensive.

 

[strazzel]

Current PGY-1 at A.T Still University in Mesa, AZ. I've restored at least 25 arches of removable, tons of crowns, placed ~20 implants, restored implant overdentures, can be prosth heavy if you want. Our associate director is an amazing and very knowledgeable prosthodontist. Roseman in Utah has about 3-4 residents and does All-On-Four cases.

Thanks for the recommendation - I ended up submitting an application to the program.

 

[PreDent2015]

Thanks for the recommendation - I ended up submitting an application to the program.

Whats your gpa/rank?

 

[PreDent2015]

Current PGY-1 at A.T Still University in Mesa, AZ. I've restored at least 25 arches of removable, tons of crowns, placed ~20 implants, restored implant overdentures, can be prosth heavy if you want. Our associate director is an amazing and very knowledgeable prosthodontist. Roseman in Utah has about 3-4 residents and does All-On-Four cases.

How much Pedo is at the NYU ASDOH phoenix program?

 

[Combine33]

How much Pedo is at the NYU ASDOH phoenix program?

Almost none