Founded in 1970, the American College of Prosthodontists is an educational and scientific organization, a 501(c)(6), created to represent the needs and interests of prosthodontists within organized dentistry, and to the public, by providing a means for stimulating awareness and interest in the field of prosthodontics.
Prosthodontics
Are you a puzzler? Inventive? Someone who enjoys taking things apart and putting them back together? Then prosthodontics may offer you a career that you will enjoy and that will give you ample opportunity to help people achieve better oral functioning and health.
Prosthodontists replace missing natural teeth with fixed or removable appliances, such as dentures, bridges and implants. A prosthodontist specializes in dentures, crowns, bridges, dental implants and temporomandibular disorders.
Advanced education programs in prosthodontics average about 36 months to complete. Currently, you can choose from over 47 programs in North America.