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Learning Resources
Trusted organizations, journals, and databases for prosthodontic learning.
The resources below support prosthodontic education, evidence-based practice, research, digital dentistry, and lifelong professional development. Each one is an established organization or database, and each link opens in a new tab.
Looking for something to work through rather than read? Try the interactive learning activities or the 90-minute workshop outline.
Recommended Resources
Eight resources, each with a note on who is most likely to find it useful.
American College of Prosthodontists
The professional organization dedicated to prosthodontics, with clinical guidance, continuing education, patient education materials, research updates, and information about board certification.
American Dental Education Association
The organization representing academic dentistry in North America. Offers educational resources, faculty development, curriculum innovation, leadership training, policy updates, and scholarship information.
American Dental Association
Clinical practice guidelines, oral health topics, evidence-based dentistry, ethics, advocacy, licensure information, continuing education, and professional standards.
PubMed
A free biomedical literature database from the U.S. National Library of Medicine, providing access to millions of peer-reviewed articles in medicine, dentistry, and the biomedical sciences.
Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
A leading peer-reviewed journal in prosthodontics and restorative dentistry, publishing original research, systematic reviews, clinical reports, laboratory investigations, and advances in digital dentistry.
Digital Dentistry Society
An international organization promoting digital technologies in dentistry, with webinars, scientific publications, conferences, and updates on CAD/CAM, intraoral scanning, artificial intelligence, and 3D printing.
Spear Education
A continuing-education platform offering courses in restorative dentistry, prosthodontics, treatment planning, occlusion, digital workflows, and patient communication, including clinical videos and case discussions.
About these external links
External links are provided for educational purposes. Their inclusion does not necessarily constitute endorsement, and external content is governed by the policies of its respective organization.
Copyright and Responsible Use
Educational work depends on using other people's material properly. These are the questions worth asking before you reuse anything.
Proper attribution
Credit the author, the source, and the date whenever you use someone else's words, images, data, or ideas, including in slides and handouts.
Fair use
Educational use is not automatically fair use. Fair use is judged case by case using four statutory factors, including the purpose, the nature of the work, how much is used, and the effect on the market for the original.
Permission requirements
When a use falls outside fair use or an open license, written permission from the rights holder is needed before publishing or distributing the material.
Creative Commons
Creative Commons licenses let creators state in advance how their work may be reused. Check which license applies and follow its attribution and sharing terms.
Patient privacy
Patient information is protected. Records, histories, and identifiers must never be shared, published, or used in teaching without proper authorization.
Clinical photographs
Clinical images and radiographs require documented patient authorization before any educational or public use, even when they appear de-identified.
Research materials
Figures, tables, and instruments from published research usually remain the property of the publisher or the author. Check the terms before reuse.
Multimedia
Video, audio, and music carry their own rights, often several at once. Licensing a track or clip for classroom use does not automatically cover publishing it online.
Academic integrity
Cite sources honestly, do not present another person's work as your own, and follow your institution's academic integrity policy.
Authoritative copyright resources
- U.S. Copyright Office Fair Use Index (opens in a new tab)
- Creative Commons (opens in a new tab)
- Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Center (opens in a new tab)
- Cornell Legal Information Institute: Copyright (opens in a new tab)
All four links open in a new tab and lead to external organizations.
This information is educational and is not legal advice. For a specific situation, consult the university's counsel or another qualified professional. See the copyright page for how this applies to material published on this website.