Yonsei Institute
for Global Health

Prosthodontics is an area of dentistry that restores lost teeth and the tissues around them with artificial substitutes to offer patients the function, aesthetics, and comfort of real teeth and help them lead healthy lives.

This area is further categorized in to fixed partial dentures, removable partial dentures, complete dentures, dental implant prosthetics, maxillofacial prosthetics, and dental geriatrics.

The Department of Prosthodontics recovers oral function by replacing damaged and lost teeth and the tissues around them.

This damage may have various causes including dental caries, periodontitis, and injuries with artificial substitutes.

The department continues its efforts to cultivate professional talent in prosthodontics through education and diverse research activities.

Active prosthodontic researches including digital dentistry, material science, implantology, clinical studies, artificial intelligence, cell biochemistry have been performing in the department of prosthodontics.