CURRICULUM
LEARNING
OBJECTIVES–
COMPETENCIES
DIGITAL DENTISTRY
CURRICULUM
FOR PREDOCTORAL AND ADVANCED EDUCATION
IN PROSTHODONTICS
, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This curriculum was made possible through a grant from the American
College of Prosthodontists Education Foundation thanks to the generous
support of Henry Schein and its partner companies.
VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION
The Digital Dentistry Curriculum Team was made up of a number of
volunteers who invested their expertise and many hours into this project.
Without their leadership on this project, this resource for the dental
community would not have been possible.
TASK FORCE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT TEAM
Stephen Campbell Eva Anadioti Radi Masri
Lyndon Cooper Ekaterini Antonellou Darshanjit Pannu
Lily T. Garcia Sun-Yung Bak Sang Park
Carol Lefebvre Ioana Bettios Soni Prasad
Peter Boonsiriphant Walter Renne
GROUP LEADS Matthew Bryington Elias Rivera
Richard Callan Evan Rosen
Fatemeh Afshari Konstantinos Chochlidakis Michelle Rynn
Nadim Z. Baba John Coleman Ricardo Schwedhelm
Monica Cayouette Jerry Cooper Richard Seals
Gerald Grant Alan Furness Kumar Shah
Rand Harlow Maria Gonzalez Sharon Siegel
Leila Jahangiri Alfredo Hernandez Erica Teixeira
Robert Kramer Negar Homayounfar Frank Tuminelli
Mark Ludlow Anastasia Katsavochristou Alejandro Urdaneta
Keith Mays Ahmad Kutkut Richard J. Windhorn
Kamolphob Phasuk Sang Lee Judy Yuan
Ramtin Sadid-Zadeh Mohamed Mansour
Patrick Mascarenhas
Digital Dentistry Curriculum
The American College of Prosthodontists
Copyright © 2018 The American College of Prosthodontists
All Rights Reserved
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,AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PROSTHODONTISTS TABLE OF CONTENTS
Digital Dentistry Curriculum
1 Learning Objectives and Competencies
page 7
Intent Statement 9
Overall Competency 9
Single-Unit Restoration 11
Removable Prostheses 12
Suggested Assessment Plans and Evidence 13
Glossary 13
2 Curriculum Framework
page 15
Introduction 17
Strategies to Implement Digital Dentistry in the Dental Curriculum 18
Faculty and Staff Training 18
Information Technology 20
Predoctoral Digital Dentistry Courses 21
Dental Anatomy 21
Operative Dentistry I and II 23
Preclinical Fixed Prosthodontics I 25
Digital Fixed Prosthodontics II 29
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, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PROSTHODONTISTS TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONT'D)
Digital Dentistry Curriculum
Radiographic Interpretation Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) 33
Digital Dentistry and Implants 35
Prosthodontic Driven Implant Guided Surgery 36
Digital Single-Unit Implant Restorations 37
implant digital restorative workflow
39
Digital Removable Partial Dentures 40
Digital Complete Dentures 43
Clinical Digital Dentistry 49
single-unit fixed dental prosthesis — clinical workflow
52
single-unit fixed dental prosthesis — clinical procedure workflow
53
implant digital workflow 54
axiUm Digital Procedure Codes 55
Diagnostic Checklist 56
Predoctoral Digital Dentistry Philosophy for Single-Unit Fixed Dental Prostheses 57
Diagnosis and Treatment Planning 57
Referral for Digital Dentistry 58
Shade Selection 59
Tooth Preparation Principles, Margin Design, and Selection of Restorative 59
Materials for CAD/CAM
Preparation Designs 60
Provisionalization 61
Impression Making and Tissue Retraction for Conventional Final Impressions 61
Digital Impression Making, Tissue Retraction, and Scanning Protocol 62
Digital Dentistry Curriculum Content 63
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LEARNING
OBJECTIVES–
COMPETENCIES
DIGITAL DENTISTRY
CURRICULUM
FOR PREDOCTORAL AND ADVANCED EDUCATION
IN PROSTHODONTICS
, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This curriculum was made possible through a grant from the American
College of Prosthodontists Education Foundation thanks to the generous
support of Henry Schein and its partner companies.
VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION
The Digital Dentistry Curriculum Team was made up of a number of
volunteers who invested their expertise and many hours into this project.
Without their leadership on this project, this resource for the dental
community would not have been possible.
TASK FORCE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT TEAM
Stephen Campbell Eva Anadioti Radi Masri
Lyndon Cooper Ekaterini Antonellou Darshanjit Pannu
Lily T. Garcia Sun-Yung Bak Sang Park
Carol Lefebvre Ioana Bettios Soni Prasad
Peter Boonsiriphant Walter Renne
GROUP LEADS Matthew Bryington Elias Rivera
Richard Callan Evan Rosen
Fatemeh Afshari Konstantinos Chochlidakis Michelle Rynn
Nadim Z. Baba John Coleman Ricardo Schwedhelm
Monica Cayouette Jerry Cooper Richard Seals
Gerald Grant Alan Furness Kumar Shah
Rand Harlow Maria Gonzalez Sharon Siegel
Leila Jahangiri Alfredo Hernandez Erica Teixeira
Robert Kramer Negar Homayounfar Frank Tuminelli
Mark Ludlow Anastasia Katsavochristou Alejandro Urdaneta
Keith Mays Ahmad Kutkut Richard J. Windhorn
Kamolphob Phasuk Sang Lee Judy Yuan
Ramtin Sadid-Zadeh Mohamed Mansour
Patrick Mascarenhas
Digital Dentistry Curriculum
The American College of Prosthodontists
Copyright © 2018 The American College of Prosthodontists
All Rights Reserved
2
,AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PROSTHODONTISTS TABLE OF CONTENTS
Digital Dentistry Curriculum
1 Learning Objectives and Competencies
page 7
Intent Statement 9
Overall Competency 9
Single-Unit Restoration 11
Removable Prostheses 12
Suggested Assessment Plans and Evidence 13
Glossary 13
2 Curriculum Framework
page 15
Introduction 17
Strategies to Implement Digital Dentistry in the Dental Curriculum 18
Faculty and Staff Training 18
Information Technology 20
Predoctoral Digital Dentistry Courses 21
Dental Anatomy 21
Operative Dentistry I and II 23
Preclinical Fixed Prosthodontics I 25
Digital Fixed Prosthodontics II 29
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, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PROSTHODONTISTS TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONT'D)
Digital Dentistry Curriculum
Radiographic Interpretation Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) 33
Digital Dentistry and Implants 35
Prosthodontic Driven Implant Guided Surgery 36
Digital Single-Unit Implant Restorations 37
implant digital restorative workflow
39
Digital Removable Partial Dentures 40
Digital Complete Dentures 43
Clinical Digital Dentistry 49
single-unit fixed dental prosthesis — clinical workflow
52
single-unit fixed dental prosthesis — clinical procedure workflow
53
implant digital workflow 54
axiUm Digital Procedure Codes 55
Diagnostic Checklist 56
Predoctoral Digital Dentistry Philosophy for Single-Unit Fixed Dental Prostheses 57
Diagnosis and Treatment Planning 57
Referral for Digital Dentistry 58
Shade Selection 59
Tooth Preparation Principles, Margin Design, and Selection of Restorative 59
Materials for CAD/CAM
Preparation Designs 60
Provisionalization 61
Impression Making and Tissue Retraction for Conventional Final Impressions 61
Digital Impression Making, Tissue Retraction, and Scanning Protocol 62
Digital Dentistry Curriculum Content 63
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