The Department of Restorative Dentistry (Operative and Prosthodontic Dentistry) presents the concepts and principles that prepare the graduate to competently deliver dental health care for the restorative dental patient.  The department presents the biomechanical and clinical principles necessary to restore the oral cavity to optimum health.

Students receive instruction in dental biomaterials, pre-clinical operative procedures involving caries detection and removal, cavity design, choosing restorative materials, and fixed and removable prosthodontic concepts.  The department also correlates the diagnoses and treatment of caries, trauma or pathosis of the dentition as it relates to the various basic sciences and other disciplines of dentistry.

Students are also instructed on the restoration of the occlusion.  A vital part of the discipline of Prosthodontics, occlusion encompasses the anatomical, physiological, and bio-mechanical relationships of the total masticatory system, the restoration or reproduction of occlusal relationships to their proper function in the system, and the examination procedures that allow proper diagnosis and treatment of the pathologic or dysfunctional states. 

Students complete a didactic Junior Operative Dentistry and Senior Operative Dentistry Seminar to expand and reinforce the criteria and procedures demonstrated in the second year operative course, Pre-clinical Operative Dentistry.

Faculty

Charles T. Smith, B.S., D.D.S., M.A.
Associate Professor and Chair
(Diplomate, American Board of Prosthodontics)

Satish Makrandi, B.Sc., B.D.S., M.D.S., M.Sc.
Associate Professor

Rolando Bernui, B.S., D.D.S.
Associate Professor
(Diplomate, American Board of Prosthodontics)

Lindel Brookes, D.D.S.
Instructor
(Educational Leave)

James E. Tyus, B.S., D.D.S.
Associate Professor

Roosevelt S. Smith, B.S. D.D.S.
Associate Professor

Howard Dodd, B.S., M.S., D.D.S.
Assistant Professor

Harold O. Jackson, B.S., D.D.S.
Assistant Professor

Daphne Ferguson-Young, B.S., D.D.S.
Assistant Professor

Henry L. Young, B.A., D.D.S., M.S.
Associate Professor and Director (General Practice Residency Program) (Ext. 6082)

Fonda Robinson, D.D.S. 
Associate Professor



PART-TIME

Thomas Brannon, B.S., D.D.S.
Assistant Professor

William P. Davis, A.S., D.D.S., M.S.P.H.
Assistant Professor

Eugenia L. Mobley-McGinnis, B.S., D.D.S., M.P.H. (TENURED)
Professor

Roney Guinn, B.S., D.D.S.
Instructor

Tommy Dorsey, D.D.S. 
Instructor