Academic and clinical training of excellence of Puerto Rican and International Prosthodontists, within the comprehensive context that involves this dental discipline in the field of health.  The purpose of the University of Puerto Rico, School of Dental Medicine, Advanced Education Program in Prosthodontics is to provide clinical, laboratory and didactic training, closely supervised, at the post-doctoral level in fixed, removable, and implant prosthodontics. The residents also obtain experience in surgical implant placement, maxillofacial prosthetics and temporomandibular dysfunction treatment.

The residency program will work closely together with the other post-doctoral dental specialty education programs at the School of Dental Medicine. The residents will learn an interdisciplinary approach to providing dental care. Upon completion of the program they will have the necessary background and training to work well with other dental professionals. The program director will strive to ensure that all program faculty members are current with prevailing prosthodontic theories and techniques.

We work towards assisting in the development of competent professionals pursuing this profession while exercising critical thinking, continuous self-learning and bioethical sensitivity within an interdisciplinary framework.  This includes the field of research, while responding to the needs of their patients, and by offering the best possible service, following the contemporary standards of care.

Our goal is to remain as one of the leaders of Advance Education Program in Prosthodontics, with international reach and prestige, serving as an avant-garde model of academic excellence, both in research and service for our country and the Hispanic population of North America, Europe and Latin America.

The Advance Education Program in Prosthodontics was established on July, 1990.  Our program consists of three (3) consecutive years of progressive educational experiences. It is fully accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) of the American Dental Association (ADA).  The program also meets the requirements for examination and certification by the American Board of Prosthodontics (ABP) and is approved by the Commission on Higher Education of Puerto Rico. As an academic clinical training program we are sponsored by the University of Puerto Rico, School of Dentistry.  We are also affiliated to the University District Hospital. The program admits three (3) residents per year.  During the years of training, residents are enrolled in the School of Dental Medicine of the University of Puerto Rico, which entails tuition fees. Stipends are granted for USA citizens and lawful permanent residents of the United States of America.  Foreign candidates are welcome to apply.

The Advance Education Program in Prosthodontics at the University of Puerto Rico aims to provide the best possible training and education in the full scope of Prosthodontics, consisting but not limited to, the following areas of our specialty:

• Complete Dentures
• Removable Partial Dentures
• Fixed Partial Dentures
• Implant Supported Prosthodontics
• Implant Retained Prosthodontics
• Esthetic Dentistry
• Implant Surgery
• Temporomandibular Joint Disorder treatment

1. The candidate must possess a DMD, DDS degree, or the equivalent from a recognized school or college of dentistry.
2. Applicants must have a minimum dental general grade index of 3.0
3. Candidates must be bilingual (English and Spanish):
4. Local applicants (USA & PR): NBDE I & II and ADAT
5. Foreign applicants: NBDE I and NBDE II are not required and ADAT
6. Candidates must submit an application through the Post Doctoral Application Support System (PASS) in addition to the application form provided by the office of Post Graduate Program of the School of Dentistry. Information is available at: org
7. A completed application should be received not later than September 15 for admission to the program starting July 1^stof next year.

1. Transfer Applicants will be evaluated individually. Only those candidates from accredited advanced education programs in prosthodontics will be considered. Application will only be considered if a position is available.
Exchange students:

   – Residents from other accredited program may participate, provided there are formal agreements with the concerned universities or programs.

University of Puerto Rico School of Dental Medicine- Prosthodontics

Puerto Rico
University of Puerto Rico School of Dental Medicine
Medical Sciences Campus
Main Building-Office #A103B, 1st Floor
San Juan
00936-5067

https://dental.rcm.upr.edu/
Program Director: Dr. Arturo Blanco Plard
Discipline Code: PROS
Accreditation Status: Approval without Reporting Requirements
Last Accreditation Visit: 2021
Next Accreditation Visit: 2027