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Department
of Comprehensive
Dentistry
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A. Dale
Ehrlich, MS, DDS
Department Head
Associate
Professor
LSUHSC School
of Dentistry
1100 Florida
Avenue, Box 137
New Orleans, LA
70119
Phone:
504-941-8257
E. E. Jeansonne
Clinic Building
Room #5413
aehrli@lsuhsc.edu
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The
Department of
Comprehensive Dentistry
and Biomaterials is one
of nine clinical science
departments at the
Louisiana State
University Health
Sciences Center School
of Dentistry (LSUSD).
The department is
responsible for
preclinical and clinical
instruction in operative
dentistry, diagnostic
sciences and
biomaterials to the
predoctoral students.
Courses in laboratory
procedures as well as
senior electives in
dental photography and
effective use of dental
assistants are taught by
department faculty.
Biomaterials courses are
taught to dental and
dental hygiene students
as well as to graduate
students. Departmental
offices are located on
the third, fifth, and
sixth floors.
The
department grew
significantly during the
2009-2010 school year
and now is composed of
the following five
divisions:
The first
two divisions are
directly involved with
teaching comprehensive
dentistry to the third-
and fourth-year dental
students in the student
clinic. Research
interests in the
department include
developing dental
filling materials that
inhibit dental decay,
improving mechanical and
physical properties of
existing dental filling
materials, and clinical
evaluation of dental
restorative materials.
The Division of Dental
Hygiene offers a
two-year program and
interacts with the first
three divisions in
clinic and several
didactic courses taught
by the dental faculty.
The General Practice
Residency (GPR), the
only advanced education
program in the
department, is divided
between two locations:
the Interim Louisiana
Hospital in New Orleans
and at the LSU Surgical
Facility, Baton Rouge.
Several
faculty members within
the department are
active members of the
school's
Center of Excellence
in Oral and
Craniofacial Biology.
Faculty members
frequently collaborate
on funded projects with
other departments within
the Health Sciences
Center as well as with
other institutions.
Departmental
objectives are to build
a strong clinical,
teaching and research
department in which all
faculty members
contribute to the
success of the
institution and the
education of the
developing dentist.
Ultimately our goal is
to further the success
of LSUSD by gaining
national and
international
recognition for the
school and Louisiana
State University.
Click here for a list
of full-time faculty
members in the
Department of
Comprehensive Dentistry
and Biomaterials.
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