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Prosthodontic Doctors
When conventional dental treatment is no longer an option, at EMA you have the advantage of specialty care in tooth replacement by Prosthodontists right in the same office. Prosthodontic services include tooth replacement of as little as one tooth or as much as a full-mouth reconstruction utilizing crowns, bridges, dental implants, removable partial and full dentures. A prosthodontist, after receiving three years of additional training after dental school, specializes in esthetic restoration and replacement of teeth and is committed to restoring optimum appearance and function to your smile. Additional training for prosthodontists is earned through a hospital- or university-based program accredited by the American Dental Association. The training includes reviews of the literature, lectures, treatment of patients and laboratory experience in fabricating restorations.
A prosthodontist is the skilled architect who can restore optimum function and appearance to your smile.
Prosthodontics is one of the nine dental specialties recognized by the American Dental Association. Graduate programs in prosthodontics include classroom lectures and seminars, laboratory and clinical training in esthetics/cosmetics, crowns, bridges, veneers, inlays, complete and removable partial dentures, dental implants, TMD-jaw joint problems, traumatic injuries to the mouth’s structures, congenital or birth anomalies to teeth, snoring, sleep disorders, and oral cancer reconstruction and continuing care. Prosthodontists are masters of complete oral rehabilitation.
A prosthodontist is dedicated to the highest standards of care in the restoration and replacement of teeth.
Dr. Vincent J. Mariano, D.M.D.
Prosthodontics, Implants & Reconstruction
Board Certified in Prosthodontics
Dr. Mariano received his D.M.D. Degree as well as his post-doctoral training in Prosthodontics from Tufts School of Dental Medicine in Boston. His practice, which is limited to prosthodontics, was established in 1984. Dr. Mariano continues to enjoy a professional relationship with Tufts Dental School as he serves on the faculty as Assistant Clinical Professor in Postgraduate Prosthodontics. Dr. Mariano is one of fewer than 1,000 American Board Certified Prosthodontists in the U.S. He is an active member of The American College of Prosthodontists, a Fellow of the International College of Dentists, The Greater NY Academy of Prosthodontics, The American Academy of Osseointegration (implants), The American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics, and the Charitable Alumni Organization, Inc., a non-profit foundation dedicated to supporting Tufts Prosthodontics from its Alumni throughout the world. He is also active in his local dental society, having served as chairman of the Valley District Dental Society Education Committee since 1992. He is responsible for bringing internationally recognized clinicians from around the world to Massachusetts for dental education programs.
Dr. Thomas J. Vergo, D.D.S.
Maxillofacial Prosthodontics
Maxillofacial Prosthodontics is dedicated to the prosthetic correction and management of defects of the oro-facial region acquired from surgical ablation of cancer or traumatic injuries, congenital birth defects, and alterations in growth and development. A maxillofacial prosthodontist typically provides the following kinds of treatment:
- Rehabilitation
- Restoration of the bony and soft tissue defects of the maxilla and mandible
- Facial prostheses
- Obturators
Dr. Thomas Vergo graduated from the School of Dental Medicine at the University of Buffalo in 1971. He completed a Dental Internship at the Buffalo V.A. Hospital in 1972, followed by a year as a staff Dentist. In 1975, he completed his Prosthodontic training receiving certificates from the School of Dental Medicine at the University of Buffalo and the Buffalo V.A. Hospital; followed by a Maxillofacial Prosthetic residency program at Roswell Park Memorial Hospital in Buffalo, N.Y.
Upon completion of his Prosthodontic and Maxillofacial Prosthetics training in 1976, he accepted a full-time faculty position at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in the Department of Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry (formally Department of Restorative Dentistry). For the past 8 years, he was Director of Divisions: Prosthodontics-Fixed Partial Dentures, Removable Partial Dentures, Complete Dentures and Maxillofacial Prosthetics. In January, 2004, Dr. Vergo retired from Tufts as a Professor Emeritus. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, he has maintained a part-time private practice over the past 30 years, and at present, as a member of the Post Office Square Dental Group in Boston. He holds Senior Dentist Staff privileges at the Tufts-New England Medical Center Hospital. He has lectured locally, nationally and internationally, and he has published 40 articles in various reference journals. Dr. Vergo is presently a member of the American College of Prosthodontics, American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics, International Society of Maxillofacial Rehabilitation, American College of Dentists, and the Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontics.