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 tooth prostheses and specifically various types of fixed bridges, according to modern views and materials;
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
• know the purposes, the objectives and the necessity of the application of the fixed dental prostheses and specifically the fixed bridges.
• understand the necessity of restoring the oral cavity by applying a bridge. • acquire the scientific knowledge that determines the basic principles of the construction of a bridge.
• understand and analyze the rules of drawing bridges, both of an anterior tooth bridge and a posterior tooth bridge.
• distinguish and recognize the different types of fixed bridges (total metal bridge, total cast bridge with façade, telescopic bridge).
• distinguish and recognize the different parts of the fixed bridges.
• familiarize themselves with the current data of dental technology and biomaterials.
• Use the various devices required to complete a fixed bridge.
• get to know and understand, theoretically and practically, the construction stages of fixed prosthetic structures.
• know, select and use modern materials and construction methods.
• know methods of building bridges with the digital technology CAD-CAM. • 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
Structure of dental bridges. Conditions, indications and contra-indications. The parts of a dental bridge. Abutment, retainer, pontic. Basic principles of design. Types of bridges.
Alloys. Selection and use.
Welding. Materials and methods.
Fixed prostheses, without metal framework. Composite resins, fortified polymers. Aesthetic coatings, materials and methods.
Temporary prostheses.
Lab
Lab exercises include:
Fabrication of casts with removable stumps, cutting and preparation of stumps, mounting on the articulator.
Fabrication of a single-piece cast full-metal bridge. Fabrication of full-metal bridge by soldering its parts. Manufacture of caster, metal framework with labial veneering.
Telescopic bridge.
Veneering of the metal framework of bridges with their mopolymerizing resins and light curing resins, with silica bonding method.
Fabrication of anterior bridge without metal framework. Fabrication of labial veneers inlays and crowns using fortified polymers.
Case studies.