Clinical Practice I
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Dental Medicine |
Instance: 2014/2015 - 1S 
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
The objectives of this course are designed to provide students with skills to enable them to study and understand the aspects involved in oral rehabilitation, namely those relating to the areas of Fixed Prosthodontics (on teeth and implant), of Removable Prosthodontics (classic and on implants), and Occlusion and Orofacial Pain, under faculty supervision.
Learning outcomes and competences
- Perform all appropriate clinical examinations proficiently, collecting biological, psychological and social information needed to evaluate the oral and related medical conditions for all patients.
- Develop sufficient familiarity with available treatment options in order to discuss with patients and make an appropriate choice (if necessary in conjunction with other specialists) and to formulate an overall integrated plan of management for each patient.
- Be competent in-depth knowledge and judicious way of ranking the diagnostic tests most commonly used in Prosthodontics.
- Be competent to provide an independent clinical experience in patients, acquired under faculty supervision, to the highest ethical and technical standards in line with current knowledge and with the full and valid consent of patients, particularly in simpler treatments of Fixed Prosthodontics (inlays, crowns and short span bridges, either ceramic or metal-ceramic, on teeth and implant), which include, in-depth, tooth preparation, provisional restorations, impressions, intermaxillary relations and the mounting of the models in the articulator, the color choice, aesthetic and occlusal trials, and cementation; Removable dentures (partial and full dentures, acrylic and skeletal, and simple implant overdentures); Occlusion and Orofacial Pain.
- Be aware of pratical laboratory procedures used in single restorations and bridges, tooth or implant-supported; Removable dentures; Occlusion and Orofacial Pain (occlusal splints).
- Be aware of the new technologies related to Prosthodontics and Occlusion and Orofacial Pain.
- Be competent in the development of psychomotor skills and aesthetic sensibility.
- Be competent to recognize the treatments that exceed their capabilities and in these situations, refer the patient to the appropriate professional.
- Be competent to develop group work and multidisciplinary.
Working method
Presencial
Program
Practical classes in the clinic FMDUP, to patients, and which comprise:
- Study of clinical cases (with the teacher responsible for the group, in their own class and in the presence of the patient, and in the week following the data collection consultation, without the presence of the patient). The treatment plan, uni or multi-disciplinary, with alternatives and their budgets, will be approved later by the teacher and presented to the patient, in a written document. The agreed treatment plan will be, in detail and with the sequence of clinical sessions to be held, presented and approved by the teacher.
- Clinical care of patients (groups of two students per box), for rehabilitation with Fixed Prosthodontics (crowns and short span bridges, either ceramic or metal-ceramic, on teeth and implant); Removable dentures (partial and full dentures, acrylic and skeletal, and simple implant overdentures) and Occlusion and Orofacial Pain.
- In less common cases are carried out practical demonstrations by the teacher responsible.
- Once a month, are presented and discussed by all students the most exemplary treatment plans of their clinical practice.
Mandatory literature
Pini N P, Aguiar F HB, Lima DANL, Lovadino JR, Terada RSS, Pascotto RC; Advances in dental veneers: materials, applications, and techniques, Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dentistry, 2012
Shillingburg Jr HT, Sather DA, Wilson Jr EL, Cain JR, Mitchell DL, Blanco LJ, Kessler JC; Fundamentals of Fixed Prosthodontics, Quintessence Books, 2012
Lad PP, Kamath M, Tarale K, Kusugal PB; Practical clinical considerations of luting cements: A review, Journal of international Oral Health, 2014
Laskin Daniel M; Temporomandibular disorders. ISBN: 0-86715-447-0
Bohnenkamp DM; Removable Partial Dentures: Clinical Concepts, Dental clinics of North America, 2014
Zarb GA., Hobkirk J, Eckert S, Jacob R.; Prosthodontic treatment for edentulous patients: complete dentures and implant-supported prostheses, Elsevier Health Sciences, 2013
McGivney, Glen P.;
McCracken.s removable partial prosthodontics. ISBN: 0-8016-7964-8
Comments from the literature
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Teaching methods and learning activities
Students work at the clinic in groups of two per box, under faculty supervision.
keywords
Health sciences
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation without final exam
Assessment Components
Description |
Type |
Time (hours) |
Weight (%) |
End date |
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Trabalho escrito |
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15,00 |
|
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Prova oral |
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15,00 |
|
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Trabalho de campo |
|
70,00 |
|
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Total: |
- |
100,00 |
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Amount of time allocated to each course unit
Description |
Type |
Time (hours) |
End date |
|
Frequência das aulas |
129 |
|
|
Total: |
129,00 |
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Eligibility for exams
Attendance of at least 75% of the lessons.
Calculation formula of final grade
The final grade is calculated taking into account the following parameters:
- Evaluation of clinical practice, taking into account the attendance and punctuality, familiarity with the procedure, the quality and quantity of teaching support needed, the level of clinical procedure, the correct evaluation of the clinical outcome and the use of the clinical protocol to ensure security patient - 70%.
- Evaluation of reports of patients - 15%.
- Evaluation of participation on monthly sessions of clinical cases debate - 15%.
The final exam in the recourse, improvement and extraordinary season include a written test, a preclinical practical and an oral examination.
Classification improvement
Clinical or pre-clinical case - planning and practice.