The section is very active in teaching dental materials to a wide variety of students. The students then apply these basic concepts to various restorative materials, emphasizing clinical applicability.
Faculty generate the course manual, which is presented in a computer projected format for lecture.
Didactic instruction is reinforced with the incorporation of selected hands-on laboratory sessions and critical review of selected research articles. Teaching Section Post-doctoral teaching responsibilities include the participation in a seminar series within the Section of Prosthodontics. Dental Materials faculty present a wide range of materials related topics to the students participating in post-graduate training. These seminars are on a more advanced level, where not only material fundamentas are stressed, but also clinical applications are critically reviewed Mentorship in graduate research for Masters and Doctoral degrees as well as for program certificates is provided for students in the graduate specialty programs. Research has been conducted in the areas of prosthodontics, orthodontics and endodontics.