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Published on: May 9, 2022
How the Study of "Periodontal Prosthesis" Advances Public Oral Health
1Clinical Professor of Periodontics (ret.), University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine; Clinical Adjunct Professor of Restorative Dentistry, Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry; Founder and First President, Kids Smiles Non-Profit Children's Dental Health Centers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Abstract:
As Penn Dental School prepares for its Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA)-approved dual-certificate periodontics/prosthodontics program, this article looks back at the roots of these specialties at the university via the renowned Periodontics and Periodontal Prosthesis program co-founded byCompendium's founding editor Dr. D. Walter Cohen as seen through the eyes of one of its graduates. The article commends the program's impact on public health today.

