DR NIEL GRUNDLING - Port Elizabeth

A dental school graduate (after five and a half years) seeking a career as a prosthodontist, must attend an additional four years full time of schooling in an approved program by the Health Professional Council of South Africa at one of three Universities in South Africa. Prosthodontists provide multi-disciplinary levels of care, including repairing failed treatments that negatively affect the mouth and smile. Prosthodontists work closely with their patients to develop a comprehensive treatment plan and to help patients understand what improvements are possible. Using state-of-the-art procedures, the prosthodontist is often viewed as the “architect” of a restorative dental treatment plan. Particularly for partially or completely edentulous (toothless) patients, a prosthodontist is typically the key treatment planner.