This programme offers comprehensive and advanced training in tissue reconstruction and prosthetic rehabilitation, combining solid theoretical foundations with intensive clinical practice. The focus on integrating scientific evidence and clinical practice, as well as the inclusion of innovative topics, prepares students to deal with complex oral rehabilitation cases in patients with compromised periodontal tissues and advanced prosthetic needs.
With the aim of providing advanced and specialised training in tissue reconstruction and prosthetic rehabilitation techniques, integrating scientific evidence into clinical practice, with a focus on complex cases of edentulous patients with advanced periodontal disease.
Objectives
- Encourage the integration of scientific evidence into daily clinical practice in tissue reconstruction and prosthetic rehabilitation.
- To enable students to deal with complex cases, integrating knowledge of periodontology, implantology and prosthetics.
- Develop skills in diagnosis and digital planning for complex oral rehabilitation cases.
- Develop advanced skills in tissue reconstruction techniques, including bone and soft tissue regeneration.
- Deepen knowledge in advanced implantology, including techniques such as All-on-4® and computer-guided surgery of advanced and complex cases.
- Train students in complex prosthetic rehabilitation techniques, especially for edentulous patients with advanced periodontal disease.
- To teach the use of innovative technologies in tissue regeneration, such as growth factors and tissue engineering.
- Provide practical experience in advanced surgeries, such as maxillary sinus lifts and vertical and horizontal bone augmentation.
- To train professionals capable of managing complications in implantology and advanced periodontology.
Organisation and Operation
Six (6) places will be available (the clinical residency will only take place if
the available places are filled).
The deadline for applications, scheduling interviews and posting results is
defined by the Faculty of Dental Medicine of the Portuguese Catholic University:
Application deadline: 26 May to 6 June 2025
Interviews (online): 9 June 2025
Results: 11th June 2025
Enrolment: 12 to 18 June 2025
Candidates will be selected by means of an interview (20 per cent) and curriculum analysis (80 per cent). analysis (80 per cent), according to criteria published in a specific document and published on the Faculty's website, in the respective area of the FMD Graduate School.
Classes take place over 10 months, from June 2025 to June 2026, at the Faculty of Dental Medicine's facilities of the Faculty of Dental Medicine of the Portuguese Catholic University, in Viseu.
Classes will be held on
Friday (18h-20h): presentation, planning and discussion of clinical cases.
Saturday (09h30-18h00): clinical practice.
Final approval of the clinical residency requires attendance at at least 80 per cent of the classes and passing the various assessment stages.
The certificate for the Clinical Residency in Advanced Tissue Reconstruction and Prosthetics is issued by the Portuguese Catholic University with the award of 10 ECTS (corresponding to a total of 270 hours of training, of which 90 hours will be face-to-face contact in a classroom context, and the remaining 180 hours of autonomous work by the student) to students who have passed the entire course.
Supported by the Digital4Health Portugal Project - D4H-PT funded through the Recovery and Resilience Programme (PRR) - Impulso Mais Digital Programme, Sub-measure: Reform and Modernization of Medicine.
