Prombonas Anthony, Ioannidou Alexandra, Sempepou Ioanna, Kosma Eleni
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon completion of the course, students will:
• know the variations or modifications of a complete denture so that it functions in each environment.
• know the materials and techniques used in these specialized prostheses.
• fabricate over dentures and copy dentures.
• use modern materials and techniques in combination with the conventional acrylic resin such as soft liners or base reinforcement with various reinforcing materials and techniques.
SYLLABUS
The course is divided into theory and laboratory classes. Laboratory classes follow theory classes, as far as possible, so that students put into practice what they learn in theory.
Theory
1. Conventional complete dentures and over dentures and copy dentures. Comparison, similarities, differences, advantages-disadvantages.
2. Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology of the Stomatognathic System related to the function, the practical meaning and very often the necessity for the fabrication of this type of prostheses.
3. Retention elements-Precision attachments used in over dentures.
4. Technology provides the lab with a variety of materials that give solutions to everyday problems of modern prosthetics. Soft lining materials can be applied in a high percentage of patients who cannot stand contact of the hard and unyielding denture base with the mucous membrane. Essentials of chemistry and physico-mechanical properties of soft lining materials. Scientific knowledge of the physico-mechanical properties helps in selecting the best and most appropriate material and technique.
5. Denture base reinforcement. Material selection.
6. Case study.
Lab
1. Over dentures: Laboratory process – Fabrication steps.
2. Copy dentures: Laboratory process. Fabrication steps. Copy, or copy and improvement of some elements of a denture are frequent cases in everyday clinical and laboratory practice.
3. Soft liners. Laboratory process- Fabrication steps.
4. Denture base reinforcement. Laboratory process of incorporating reinforcing materials. Metals, glass fibers, high-impact resins.