Removable Prosthodontics II (9th & 10th semester)
Aim
Rehabilitation of partial and total edentulousness with removable prostheses in all ages
Learning outcomes
At the end of the 10th semester the student should be able :
- To evaluate findings from clinical examination and general health condition of full/partial edentulous patients.
- To create treatment plans of total prosthetic rehabilitation in collaboration with other involved disciplines.
- To describe various different types of removable prosthesis.
- To restore the full/partial edentulousness with full, immediate, RPDs, and overdentures in the Comprehensive Care Clinic.
- To diagnose and take care of any anticipated problems after the delivery of complete and RPDs.
- To describe the principles of dental care and management of elderly patients and patients with maxillofacial defects.
Contents
Clinical stages of the construction of full; partial; immediate dentures; overdentures; copy dentures; neutral zone construction; implant retained overdentures; Oral examinations; preparing of the mouth; taking impressions; jaw relationships; teeth set up; try in; delivery of dentures; post insertion problems; Immediate dentures; overdentures; implant retained overdentures; Denture repairs; rebasing and relining of dentures; Effect of dentures on stomatognathic system; The problem of resorbed alveolar ridges; Combination syndrome; Vomiting and dentures; Liners (soft /hard) for dentures; Copy / duplicate dentures; Microwave curing of dentures; Visible light cured resins for the construction of dentures; Denture aesthetics; Denture phonetics; Rapport between dentist/patient.
Educational Methods
- Treatment planning seminars in CCC
- Clinical practice in CCC
Criteria for successful completion.
- Attendance of the treatment planning seminars in TPCC.
- Successful completion of the clinical requirements.
- Successful final examination.