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LEARNING OUTCOMES
The aim of the course is for students to acquire the necessary scientific and applied knowledge that will enable them to design and construct fixed dental prostheses of individual teeth, according to modern opinions and materials;
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
• know the purposes, the goals and the necessity of the application of the fixed dental prostheses.
• acquire and understand the scientific knowledge that determines the basic principles of dental prosthetics.
• familiarize themselves with the current data of dental technology and biomaterials.
• distinguish and recognize the various individual fixed prosthetic structures (inlays, onlays, crowns, partial crowns, veneer crowns, cast. • use the various devices required for the completion of an individual fixed prosthetic construction.
• get to know and understand, theoretically and practically, the construction stages of individual fixed prosthetic structures.
• know, select and use modern materials and construction methods.
• demonstrate that they understand the whole process of applying all previous knowledge in dental technology.
• acquire the necessary skills for their professional protection and competitiveness.
SYLLABUS
Theory
Basic principles and methods of fabricating fixed dental prostheses. Types and conditions.
The cas. Types of casts. Casts with removable dies. Fabrication techniques.
Fabrication process of metal castings in fixed prosthetics.
Fabrication techniques and steps of cast works such as complete crowns, partial crowns, inlays and onlays, porcelain fused to metal crowns, telescopic crowns, and dowel crowns.
Jacket crowns. Material selection and handling.
Case studies.
Lab
Fabrication of casts with removable dies, die shaping and mounting on the articulator.
Wax pattern formation for inlays, partial crowns, full coverage veneer crowns.
Spruing, investing, dewaxing and preheating and casting.
Framework processing, finishing, polishing and fitting.
Fabrication of the veneer, full cast crown, acrylic resin crown.