The Bridge Issue 8 2017 | Page 8

Health Center Spotlight Dentists in the AEGD program at the Roseman clinical training site hone their skills while treating a primarily underserved patient population comprised of approximately 8,400 comprehensive care patients, including patients with physical and intellectual disabilities, geriatric patients, and medically compromised patients with complex dental needs. On average, each month the school sees 314 new patients and treats about 150 urgent care patients. The average annual number of patient visits is 16,500. Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine “The goal of our affiliation with NYU Langone Dental is to develop patient- centered clinicians with the ability to provide comprehensive oral health care for a wide patient population,” explained Dr. Erin Greene, Dental Director. AEGD resident Dr. Pablo Bautista enjoys living in Utah. “It is very family friendly and has amazing mountains for hiking, skiing, and other outdoor activities.” N 8 The Dental Clinic at Roseman University features 105 operatories outfitted with cone beam computed tomography, E4D CAD/CAM, digital impression making, electric handpieces, implantology, monitored sedation, digital radiology, access to electronic health records, and more. ••• Dr. Joshua Heyrend shared these thoughts about his extraordinary AEGD residency experience at Roseman YU Langone Hospitals Postdoctoral Dental Residency Program partnered with Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine in 2015 to launch an Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) program at the university’s campus in South Jordan, Utah, with four postdoctoral residency positions. South Jordan City or “SoJo” is nestled in the Salt Lake Valley between the Wasatch Mountains on the East and the Oquirrh Mountains on the West, approximately 18 miles from downtown Salt Lake City. “In the two years we have partnered with NYU Langone Dental we have achieved this and so much more. Our residents see patients in top-of-the-line operatories with access to the latest dental technologies and a wide range of specialists to assist with treatment planning and care of our patients. Residents also serve as mentors to our DMD candidates.” “Roseman—a private, nonprofit institution— also has campuses in Henderson and Summerlin, Nevada. Roseman University of Health Sciences has helped thousands of students rethink their futures and achieve their dreams in nursing, dental medicine, business, orthodontics, and pharmacy since their inception in 1999. NYU Langone Hospitals Postdoctoral Dental Residency Program i The AEGD residency at Roseman has been a huge blessing in my life, because of the growth it has offered me as a dentist. I see a lot of difficult cases that require comprehensive dental treatment, cases I felt uncomfortable properly treatment planning right out of dental school. i Deciding to do this residency is one of the best decisions that I have made, and I am certain that it will help me to have a very prosperous and successful career. i Surgery, prosthodontics, and cosmetics are my passions in dentistry and this is one of the few programs that offers such great training. i We see a lot of medically- compromised patients that most dentists refer out because they are unsure how to best treat them. My confidence in myself in providing advanced dental treatments has increased dramatically in the past few months. My clinical skills have improved, my speed has increased, and I have learned invaluable patient management skills. i One of the highlights of residency is that I have had the opportunity to take a live patient cosmetic course, with Dr. Hornbrook, to prep, provisionalize, and restore 8-14 teeth in two clinical sessions. Having the opportunity to learn from a world-renowned cosmetic dentist and be able to work with one of the best dental labs in the country (Utah Valley Dental Lab) is truly a blessing (and one of the main reasons I wanted to come here). We have many patients who require full- mouth rehab and cosmetic cases and we learn how to properly treat them. i We have a very strong surgical and prosthodontic background here that I am very pleased with that includes implant placements, guided surgical stents, implant restorations, implant-supported prostheses, impacted wisdom teeth extractions, surgical extractions, sinus augmentations, tori removals, crown lengthening, apicoectomies, bone graft s, conscious sedation, etc. We are using the latest rotary endo systems (Brasseler XP-3D and BioRaCe), using new dental materials that we have not used before, and are being mentored by renowned individuals in the dental field. Issue 8 Journal 1 November 2017 ••• 9