Department of Rehabilitative & Reconstructive Dentistry (RARD)
Primarily focused on orthodontics and prosthodontics, RARD faculty members guide students and residents in providing evidence-based care using modern techniques and advanced technology.
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Faculty in the Department of Rehabilitative & Reconstructive Dentistry provide students and residents with knowledge and skills in areas that make them well-rounded dental professionals — including treatment of complex cases involving craniofacial development, occlusion, tooth loss and systemic disease.
What students learn in RARD courses
Growth & Development
Principles of craniofacial growth and development, especially as they relate to the timing and suitability of orthodontic interventions.
Occlusion & Malocclusion
Classification system and types of malocclusions, as well as genetic, environmental and behavioral factors that may contribute to these issues.
Orthodontic Principles
Foundational knowledge about diagnosis, treatment planning, appliances, tooth movement and biomechanics involved in orthodontic treatment.
Dental Prostheses
Replacement of damaged and missing teeth with a range of options including fixed, removable and implant-supported prostheses.
RARD academic programs
DMD students receive training in orthodontics in the DMD program. In addition, we offer an advanced education program training orthodontic residents.
Education in prosthodontics is provided throughout the DMD program curriculum. We also offer an advanced education program training prosthodontic residents.
TMJ/TMJ faculty work with both DMD students and advanced education program residents to prepare them for competent clinical practice in the area of temporomandibular joint dysfunctions.
A key objective of this program is to increase the number of dental providers capable of managing the needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS by providing specific education and clinical training to DMD students, dental hygiene student and advanced education program participants (residents).
Department chair: Toru Deguchi, DDS, MSD, PhD
A professor in the division of orthodontics, Dr. Deguchi is a board member and reviewer for many of the most respected publications in the field of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics. In addition to his teaching and leadership roles, he conducts research on new techniques including the use of miniscrews in orthodontics.
Department contact information
Patient appointment information
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Department administrative assistant (not for patient scheduling or patient questions)
Phone: 502-852-5124
Mailing address
University of Louisville School of Dentistry
Department of Rehabilitative & Reconstructive Dentistry
501 S. Preston Street
Room 362
Louisville, Kentucky 40202
RARD guiding principles
The Department of Rehabilitative & Reconstructive Dentistry supports the University of Louisville School of Dentistry in its missions to provide quality patient-centered care, contemporary dental education to ULSD students and foster innovative oral health research for the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the nation.
The Department shares the responsibility for creating an environment that will produce exceptional dental professionals with skilled social and technical abilities who are committed to life-long learning, scholarship and ethical practice. The Department supports this goal by providing a balanced program of teaching, scholarship and service activities.
- Provide students with the professional knowledge and skills required for competency in all discipline-specific clinical procedures.
- Prepare all undergraduate and graduate students for the competent clinical practice of the specialties of the Department by providing the appropriate didactic instruction, service experience and research component for each of the Divisions encompassed by the Department
- Encourage the use of advanced teaching methods that will promote and foster critical thinking.
- Support interdisciplinary collaborations between the basic and clinical sciences to advance the treatment of patients using evidence-based approaches.
- Nurture all faculty, staff, and students’ abilities to produce quality clinical and translational research, while encouraging them to disseminate their work and activities through scholarly publications in professional journals and books and by the presentation of new research at academic meetings
- Encourage faculty and students to seek extramural funding for scholarly and research endeavors.
- Motivate the faculty’s participation in health-oriented groups that will improve oral health and quality of life within the community.
- Increase the number of dental providers capable of managing the needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) by providing this specific education and clinical training to all dental professionals; which includes dental students, graduate students/residents and dental hygiene students
