Associate Professor Prosthodontic

Key Responsibilities

1. Teaching & Academic Duties

• Deliver high-quality lectures, seminars, case-based learning, and clinical instruction across undergraduate, internship, residency, and postgraduate programs.
• Provide advanced instruction in Fixed Prosthodontics, Removable Prosthodontics, Implant Prosthodontics, Digital Prosthodontics, and Aesthetic Dentistry.
• Lead simulation laboratory training and preclinical skill development.
• Adopt evidence-based pedagogy, integrating digital workflows, contemporary technological innovations, and clinical best practice.
• Contribute to curriculum design, program review, CLO–PLO mapping, accreditation documentation, and continuous quality improvement (CQI).
• Develop assessment blueprints, OSCE stations, rubrics, and competency-based evaluation aligned with international dental education standards.

2. Clinical Responsibilities

• Supervise comprehensive prosthodontic care, including crowns, bridges, partial crowns, veneers, removable dentures (complete and partial), implant-supported restorations, occlusion management, and complex full-mouth rehabilitation.
• Provide consultation and mentorship in advanced treatment planning, digital workflows, and interdisciplinary patient management.
• Ensure strict adherence to infection control standards, patient safety protocols, risk-management practices, and institutional clinical governance policies.
• Model clinical excellence, ethical conduct, and professionalism for learners and trainees across all levels of the academic and clinical programs.

3. Research & Scholarly Activity

• Maintain an active research agenda with measurable outputs including publications, presentations, grants, and community-engaged research.
• Supervise MClinDent, and/or DClinDent research theses, ensuring methodological rigor and ethical compliance.
• Mentor postgraduate students in critical appraisal, study design, scientific writing, and dissemination of research.
• Seek external funding and participate in intra- and inter-institutional collaborative research networks.
• Align research activities with Ajman University strategic plan, UAE national health priorities, and global prosthodontic innovations.                 . 

4. Administrative Duties

• Participate in department, college, and university committees, including accreditation, curriculum, and research committees.
• Contribute to Ajman University and College of Dentistry-related initiatives, community outreach, and continuing professional development programs.
• Support strategic planning, quality assurance, and alignment with institutional and national accreditation standards.
• Engage and support succession planning within the unit.

Qualifications & Requirements

• DDS or BDS degree and MS or postgraduate specialty qualification in Prosthodontics.
• PhD or equivalent doctoral degree in Prosthodontics.
• Teaching experience preferred.
• Clinical excellence and knowledge of prosthodontics and digital dentistry.
• Demonstrated commitment to scholarly productivity, including peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, and the pursuit of competitive research grants.
• Commitment to evidence-based practice, lifelong learning, and professional development.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion.