The University of Louisville graduate prosthodontic residency program is a 36-month program with training and the classical prosthodontic principles, but with a heavy emphasis on digital technology. The resident upon completion will receive a certificate in prosthodontics and a Master of Science degree in biology or dental materials.
I think the program here at University of Louisville is probably one of the hidden gems in the prosthodontic community, quite honestly. It is comprehensive in nature. It is both didactic and clinical procedures. So that at the end of the program, the residents will leave here with a well-rounded education in the field of prosthodontics.
University of Louisville is the only prosthodontic program in the state. As a result, many of them are referred here for treatment, especially from outlying areas.
We see a lot of complex patients that are referred from the different departments in the school and from private practice.
One of the best parts of the program is that we're in the school here and we have all different specialty programs that we train with. We have a lot of seminars together where we work on planning on cases and talk about topics that are in common. It's very unique to have that kind of program and it really helps as a resident and as a student to be able to learn all the different types of specialties while in school.
Having digital technologies around us is really helpful as we widen our experience, help us treat the patients in better quality.
We have multiple different intraoral scanners and desktop scanners that can help us digitalize our records and patient information.
We can design our prosthetics, we can design crowns, bridges, we design veneers and a lot of implant restorations. We have a combination of both fabricating prosthetics in 3D printing and in milling. There's a lot of things that we have full control over because we're planning them and executing them in-house.
We have the opportunity to do research here in the program, being a combined program with the Masters. Doing research helps you stay up to date with the most recent advancements and the most recent materials that are on the market.
The faculty, they are really friendly, they are really willing to help you and elevate your knowledge. They would support you, help you through difficult cases.
The residency program is basically like a family. It's such a family that I actually stayed after I graduated because I didn't want to leave UofL. I had a great experience with my mentors, with my patients, with my co-residents. They just make you feel at home here.
Louisville is a really good place to live because of the diversity and different backgrounds where people are from. Plus, there are a lot of different places to go, have lunch, eat, or have a gathering, as well as different activities like visiting museums or enjoying nature.
I'm really glad I came to University of Louisville, especially to this program. It exceeded my expectations. All the technologies that we have around, the faculty and the staff, they are all loving, caring, and supportive. And the quality of patients that we have, the quality of cases that we are seeing, and the difficulty of these cases, they all prepare you to have a successful future whenever you graduate from here.
