Is anybody in the Penn Perio-Prosth residency program? If so, how is it? How do you defray the high costs of the program? Thanks.
Is anybody in the Penn Perio-Prosth residency program? If so, how is it? How do you defray the high costs of the program? Thanks.
2. Can easily set up as "the implant specialist" in your area
3. due to economics they practice pros not perio, easier to start as a prosth and theyre making more money that way.
is that right !!Answer to your question can be easily found in school website.
Do some research yourself before ask here in the forum.
there is no attitude. you were implying that I am lazy and that did not feel right to me . you could have said from the beginning that this info could be found on PASS ! and I would have done the research myself. I found the info on PASS as you suggested ! thank you !!From the website you should see that they mention PASS, and if you are smart enough to link all the information together.... It is the most basic thing one should know without me telling.
I am currently Penn student and know how to do google and know the answer of your questions and will not give you any answer or help because of your attitude.
by the way, if you wanted to put this misunderstanding behind us and help , any tips for the interview will be very much appreciated ! or if you knew any source that I could look into ! and if you did not want to help , that's fine too ! you helped me already! thanks !From the website you should see that they mention PASS, and if you are smart enough to link all the information together.... It is the most basic thing one should know without me telling.
I am currently Penn student and know how to do google and know the answer of your questions and will not give you any answer or help because of your attitude.
Is anybody in the Penn Perio-Prosth residency program? If so, how is it? How do you defray the high costs of the program? Thanks.
If you continue reading that exchange, it became civil very quickly.Don't be such a dbag. I found it in 2 seconds. They accept 3. Program starts July 1st.
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This program is way to costly at 400k....I would look for programs that offer a stipend
"If you have a lot of money, you can make a little money in auto racing."
Sorry, old saying, and I couldn't resist. It seems relevant to UPenn grad programs, somehow.
First of all, there are now both a perio-prosth and a straight prosthodontic program at UPenn. Details in the links I've placed below. This is a splendid development in my view. I'm a general dentist, but was trained at UPenn back in the day by a number of excellent perio-prosth grads and to this day still enjoy learning from them as colleagues who have deep understanding of the interplay between periodontal health, occlusion and dental materials. Well, the ones who haven't retired, anyway. Time passes.
And it's the changes that occur as time passes that lead me to answer your question. In the United States, from the 1950s to the 1980s when UPenn's perio-prosth program developed under Morton Amsterdam and other pioneers, it was common for captains of industry, brilliant scientists, trust fund kids and many other people of high socioeconomic status to have severely damaged dentitions. Mutilated dentitions. Rampant caries, advanced periodontal disease, missing teeth, posterior bite collapse, VDO collapsed ... heck, even presidents and senators looked like this. What this all meant is that a high proportion of the people with severe oral disease had the means to pay for the finest treatment available at the time.
Nowadays? Not so much. Many Americans with strong financial means enjoy excellent oral health, and barring trauma, will not in their lifetimes require a total oral rehab. We are left with the rather sad societal situation that many of our citizens who need the most dentistry can least afford it.
Of course there are many exceptions to all this, but these are the general trends as the oral health of Americans has improved.
In response, the perio-prosth and prosthodontic colleagues I know often focus on difficult challenges like creating implant restorations that ideally mimic the gingival architecture as well as the tooth contour and shade. Or pushing ceramic esthetics to astonishing levels. Or treating severe tooth wear, which is a notable exception to the above trends. (Which leads to one specific marketing strategy for prosthodontists--seek out the "Stressed Bruxing Executive.") And of course, dental implant technology has radically changed our views on fixed bridges, in different ways in every individual practitioner's mind.
I still see a rich, varied, meaningful future for American prosthodontics. I just don't imagine that it's going to look much like its past.
Here are the UPenn program links just for reference. In both programs, the faculty are brilliant, energetic, caring people who want their residents to succeed.