
Trainees will participate as dental providers to treat patients under the guidance of clinical faculty in UCLA Restorative Dentistry at the Wilson-Jennings-Bloomfield UCLA Venice Dental Center. The emphasis of the second year of the curriculum is direct patient care. This will ensure that trainees are prepared to provide direct patient care in the second-year curriculum. Here, the specialists will provide training in practice management, material sciences, digital radiology interpretation, treatment planning, dental anesthesia and nitrous sedation, fundamentals of dental implant surgery, implant hands-on lab training, and others. Trainees will learn to become proficient in the following restorative procedures: direct restorations, gold inlays and onlays, 3/4 and 7/8 gold crowns, ceramic inlays and onlays, all ceramic crown and bridge, anterior and posterior porcelain veneers, CAD/CAM restorations, and others.ĭuring the last two-quarters of the first-year curriculum, trainees begin clinical preparatory courses in the Wilson-Jennings-Bloomfield UCLA Venice Dental Center.
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The majority of the first-year curriculum will be dedicated to technical skills development through a series of Skill Courses, which involve the completion of 100 preparation and restoration procedures in the UCLA Simulation Laboratory under the mentorship of restorative faculty members.

Year 1: Core Knowledge and Skills DevelopmentĪt the start of the program in early July, trainees immediately begin didactic courses and laboratory sessions in Operative Dentistry, Fixed Prosthodontics, Esthetic Dentistry, and Restorative Implant Dentistry. A certificate is awarded upon successful completion of the two-year program. The goal of this non-CODA-accredited program is to educate trainees the knowledge and skills equivalent to a two-year Operative Dentistry or Restorative Dentistry Program, and to become competent candidates for DDS/DMD or Post-doc accredited programs in USA. The emphasis of the second-year curriculum is for trainees to treat patients at the UCLA Venice Dental Center, and to receive teaching experience by working with clinical faculty while observing and assisting other providers for comprehensive patient care. The curriculum is highly structured and rigorous the first-year curriculum includes didactic courses and 240 hours of hands-on training in pre-clinical settings including inlays, onlays, porcelain veneers, ceramic restorations, and conservative cast gold restorations. Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Initiatives.Requirements for International Dentists.
