Why Prosthodontics?

[TanMan]

For those who are prosthodontists/prosth residents/prosth hopefuls, what drives/drove you to want to become a prosthodontist?

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[Svart Aske]

To advance my knowledge and skillset in dentistry and deliver a higher level of care than I am doing now.

 

[Screwtape]

Not a pros, but I’ve always considered it the most challenging specialty from career start to end. The only exception would be the OS peeps that continue to do big trauma, cancer, and ortho cases in the OR. In pros there are so many moving parts, the room for error is huge, more difficult patients, more esthetic concerns, crazy amount of lab work (or communication with a lab), the list goes on. I greatly admire a skilled prosthodontist and consider them true masters of dentistry as a whole. Other specialists are just masters of their niche— no hate here, I’m a lowly jack of all trades master of none GP after all.

 

[TanMan]

Not a pros, but I’ve always considered it the most challenging specialty from career start to end. The only exception would be the OS peeps that continue to do big trauma, cancer, and ortho cases in the OR. In pros there are so many moving parts, the room for error is huge, more difficult patients, more esthetic concerns, crazy amount of lab work (or communication with a lab), the list goes on. I greatly admire a skilled prosthodontist and consider them true masters of dentistry as a whole. Other specialists are just masters of their niche— no hate here, I’m a lowly jack of all trades master of none GP after all.

I've always wanted to get insight to what drives people to go to prosth. Not that I would ever do it myself, but it's just interesting to see what interests people in one of the harder specialties in dentistry.

 

[P7898]

I've always wanted to get insight to what drives people to go to prosth. Not that I would ever do it myself, but it's just interesting to see what interests people in one of the harder specialties in dentistry.

I would like to know as well.

 

[mmc12]

I would like to know as well.

I know someone who is now a prosth resident. She did a GPR and two years of OS internship but never got accepted into an OS program. Not sure why she's doing prosth now. Maybe because she just really wants to be a specialist?

 

[321931]

Hey thank god for prosthos...someone's gotta do dentures and rpds.

 

[Pros08]

Wow, what a narrow perspective!

Hey thank god for prosthos...someone's gotta do dentures and rpds.

 

[AONLINE]

Doing lab work for Pros is the most exhausting experience for me as a dental student. I heard that the Pros residents still have to do their own lab work such as setting up denture teeth... that seriously stress me out.

 

[Cold Front]

I think if I had to rank different areas of dentistry in skill level... Pros hands down. Pedo requires patience skills... Perio and OS more of a medical field... Ortho is the most hands-off. But Pros, a true craftsmanship gig IMO. Those who do Pros must truly love it.

I always remember the faculty Pros from d school... those guys were the most skilled with their hands more than anyone else by miles. One of them, I remember, did a temporary molar crown under 60-90 seconds... with a lot of detail on the tooth anatomy and everything.

 

[TanMan]

Doing lab work for Pros is the most exhausting experience for me as a dental student. I heard that the Pros residents still have to do their own lab work such as setting up denture teeth... that seriously stress me out.

Yes, I remember removable prosth was the worst for me (Never will I do a denture again, not even for family). I suppose that could be said of any specialty, but prosth is definitely the most time consuming out of all of them. I suppose there's people out there that love the challenges that come with prosthodontics just like I enjoy endodontics.