Removable Prosthodontics I

Code:

MD3508

Acronym:

PR I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Dental Medicine

Instance: 2010/2011 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Mestrado Integrado
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master in Dental Medicine

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIMD	90	PLANO OFICIAL 2007/2008 BOLONHA	3	-	4	63	108

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Aims:
To place prosthodontics within the context of dentistry.
To learn the terminology and the basic concepts in order to understand removable prosthodontics.
To study the consequences of tooth loss: individually, socially and economically.
To attain the needed theoretical and practical knowledge for the diagnosis of the partial and total edentulous patient.
To acquire general knowledge related to the rehabilitation of edentulous patients, with partial and complete removable prosthesis.
To have contact with the equipment, the materials and the techniques used in prosthetic treatment.

Program

Theoretical:
Removable prosthodontics: a branch of dentistry.
Purpose of this subject: Removable Prosthodontics
Consequences of tooth loss
Diagnosis of partially and total edentulous patients
Preliminary impressions and stone cast
Mounting diagnostic casts on a semi adjustable articulator. Analysis of the diagnostic casts
Diagnosis and treatment planning. Pre-prosthetic treatment
The replacement of lost teeth: a dental prosthesis; classification of prosthesis
Removable dental prosthesis: aims and requirements
Rehabilitation of the edentulous patient with removable prosthesis
Concepts of basic equipment, materials and procedures needed for the construction of a clasp-retained partial denture; a removable acrylic partial denture and a removable acrylic complete denture.
Maintenance of removable prosthesis
Occlusion on removable prosthesis
Auxilliary means of support and retention in removable prosthesis
The future of removable Prosthodontics

Practical:
Preliminary impressions with universal trays and alginate
Obtaining diagnostic casts
Facebow recording of the spatial relationship of maxillae to anatomic references
Mounting the upper cast on a semi-adjustable articulator
Jaw relation records
Mounting the lower cast
Analysis of diagnostic casts in articulator
Kennedy edentulous classes simulation within the diagnostic casts
Removable denture design for the different edentulous classes
Complete edentulous mouth simulation within the diagnostic casts
Occlusion rims on record bases
Arranging teeth for complete denture occlusion.

Mandatory literature

J F McCord and A A Grant; A Clinical Guide to Complete Denture Prosthetics, British Dental Association London , 2000
J C Davenport, R M Basker, J R Heath, J P Ralph & P O Glantz; A Clinical Guide to Removable Partial Dentures, British Dental Association London , 2000
Bengt Öwall, Arnd F Käyser, Gunnar E Carlsson ; Prosthodontics: Principles and Management Strategies, Mosby–Wolfe London , 1996
Rodney D. Phoenix; David R. Cagna; Charles F. DeFrest; Stewart's Clínical Removable Partial Prosthodontics, Quintessence Publishing Co, Inc, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-86715-414-7

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical teaching:
- exposure of the materials listed in the program, illustrated and accompanied with appropriate iconography; the students are encouraged to participate dynamically in class.

Practical training:
- the students are supposed to carry out of the all tasks included in the program.
- discussion of all works with the student for accomplishing the aim of learning: (1) how to make it and (2) why we do it.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

Theory (T) and Continuous evaluation (C) : laboratory and complementary learning

Theory:1 written test

Complementary learning: Laboratory work case studies


The student needs to score at least 9/20 as a minimal grade in each component (Theory and Continuous evaluation).


The student must attend at least 75% of all classes and have a final mark of at least 10/20 to pass the course

Calculation formula of final grade

Practice - continuous evaluation

Theoretical - written examination

The Final grade is calculated using the following formula:

Theory test (T) (maximum score 9/20) + Laboratory (maximum score 9/20) + Complementary + class attendance (maximum score 2/20)

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not relevant

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

These students will be allowed to have alternative exam dates, in accordance with the law.

Classification improvement

It is obligatory to evaluate theory and laboratory components of the discipline.