Restorative Dentistry

The Department of Prosthodontics trains undergraduate students in pre-clinical and clinical prosthodontics. This includes teaching the techniques and clinical supervision of both removable and fixed prosthodontics (i.e. complete, partial and immediate dentures, over dentures, single dentures, duplication of dentures and posts, cores, veneers, crowns and bridges respectively). The department also trains postgraduate students in prosthodontics, which includes implantology, temporomandibular disturbances, endodontics and maxillofacial prosthodontics. The department strives to excel in the three core functions viz. service, research and teaching and training of undergraduate and post graduate programs. The department also engages the Bachelor of Oral Hygiene and Dental Therapy programs with respect to their expanded function training. In addition the department provides much needed oral rehabilitation service to the public and is engaged in meaningful research to enhance teaching and training of oral health care providers.

Areas of research include evaluating quality of prosthetic services (including impact of patients’ quality of life); impression materials dimensional stability; comparing craniofacial profile across ethnic populations in South Africa; and dental education research as it relates to prosthodontic curriculum content and delivery.

Lecturer/ Dental Technician Gr 1

Dental Technician Gr 1

Goussard A (Ms), N Dip Dent Tech (TUT)

Mgidi BP (Ms), N Dip Dent Tech (TUT)