Our Department of Restorative Dentistry encompasses the following dental disciplines: Dental Materials Science, Geriatric Dentistry, Implant Dentistry, Operative Dentistry, and Prosthodontics. We are responsible for teaching students how to plan and treat damaged or missing teeth due to oral disease and trauma. We use an integrative approach to teach this complex, ever-changing, and exciting area of dentistry, asking students to draw on and apply their knowledge of basic and social sciences and other clinical disciplines in delivering restorative treatment.
Our educational goals are to provide students with a solid intellectual and technical knowledge of restorative dentistry. We then teach students to apply their knowledge to deliver comprehensive dental care within the framework of each patient’s cultural, medical, social, and dental condition. We constantly instill the importance of aspiring to excellence and honest self-assessment. The importance of lifelong learning for the successful practice of dentistry is also emphasized. Furthermore, we educate students to put ethical considerations first in the practice of dentistry.
We are blessed with a talented faculty who are wholly dedicated to these goals. They seek to continually grow in their knowledge and skill as educators, scholars, and clinicians. We also strive to contribute to the dental knowledge base through research, publication, and continuing education. Our faculty are nationally and internationally known as educators and researchers, and they serve numerous roles in local, state, national, and international organizations that promote the highest standards of dentistry and dental education. Our dedicated staff also facilitate excellence in dental education by assisting students, residents, and faculty in our mission.
The Department not only educates dental students but also educates prosthodontists via our world-renowned Graduate Prosthodontic program, which admits three dentists each year. We are also proud to provide maxillofacial prosthetic services to patients from the Pacific Northwest region. These patients, who have intra-oral and facial defects due to head and neck cancer, trauma, or congenital anomaly, travel great distances to receive coordinated care and rehabilitation from our maxillofacial prosthetics service team.
Please reach out to us if we can help or collaborate in any way in teaching, research, and service. We are here to serve and to “Advance Oral Health for All!”