LEARNING OUTCOMES
After the end of the course students will be able to:
• know theoretically and practically the stages of construction and repair of complete dentures.
• know theoretically and practically the stages of construction of immediate complete dentures.
• know modern methods of making complete dentures (the digital denture). • know, choose and use modern materials and construction methods.
• know the stages of their own competence and how to work harmoniously with the Dentist.
SYLLABUS
The course is taught theoretically and practically through a series of theoretical and laboratory courses. Theory classes keep pace with lab work so that students can apply what they learn in theory.
Theory
1. Developmental stages of complete dentures: they constitute a prerequisite for understanding contemporary views on their fabrication.
2. Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology of the Stomatognathic System related to the function of complete dentures.
3. Factors related to the function of complete dentures.
4. Materials for the fabrication of complete denture bases: scientific knowledge of the physicomechanical properties of each material used in a denture fabrication helps in choosing the proper material for the appropriate method.
5. Antisepsis-Disinfection: taking the necessary preventive measures for the transmission of infectious diseases from the laboratory to the dentist, the patient, the dental assistant and vice versa is a contemporary requirement.
6. Complete denture: students learn the complete denture fabrication steps.
7. Complete dentures repairs: each product is considered successful, if it can be repaired or improved.
8. Immediate dentures: students learn about modern restoration techniques in cases of total edentulism, as required by an era with high aesthetic standards.
9. Case studies
10. Methods of manufacturing complete dentures digitally with CAD / CAM technology.
11. “Flexible” materials for the construction of a complete denture.
Lab
1. Laboratory techniques and the fabrication steps of a complete denture.
2. Repairs of complete dentures.
3. Immediate denture fabrication.