National Prosthodontics Awareness Week 2025

Penn Dental Medicine

Join us, April 21-25, 2025, as Penn Dental Medicine’s Advanced Education Program in Prosthodontics celebrates National Prosthodontics Awareness Week 2025!  The week will feature in-person events and lectures. 

Featured Lectures and Events

MONDAY, APRIL 21
12:00-4:00PM
Lecture and Hands-on Workshop
“Pterygoid Implants”
Akanksha Srivastava, BDS, MSc, MDSc, FACP, FRCD(C), FAAMP, Assistant Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine University of Illinois at Chicago

5:00-6:00PM
Keynote Presentation
“Augmented and Virtual Reality and Its Applications”
Akanksha Srivastava, BDS, MSc, MDSc, FACP, FRCD(C), FAAMP, Assistant Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine University of Illinois at Chicago

TUESDAY, APRIL 22
12:00-1:00PM
Penn Prosthodontic Resident Presentations
“Complexities in Implant Dentistry”
Aditi Gupta, Diana Joo, Tracy Yi-Chen Ma, Zidu Zeng

ACP Philadelphia Chapter Meeting
6:00-7:30PM
Dinner and Resident Engagement

7:30-8:30PM
Keynote Presentation
“Navigating Full Arch Implant-Supported Fixed Dental Prostheses: A Comprehensive Roadmap”
Kushaldeep FNU, BDS, MDS, MS, FACP, Assistant Professor, Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23
12:00-1:00PM
“Assessment and Management of Occlusal Vertical Dimension”
Yu-Chun Lin, DDS, MDS, DMSc, Assistant Professor, Preventative and Restorative Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine

THURSDAY, APRIL 24
12:00-1:00PM
“Digital Workflow for Edentulous Patients and Terminal Dentition from Planning to Execution”
Abdulrahman Almalki DDS, MS, FACP, FRCDC, Assistant Professor, Prosthetic Dental Science Department, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University

FRIDAY, APRIL 25
12:00-1:00PM
“Introduction to Penn Maxillofacial Prosthodontics”
Brian Chang, DDS, FACP, FAAMP, Professor of Clinical Restorative Dentistry, Professor of Clinical Oral Surgery and Pharmacology, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine