Prombonas Anthony, Ioannidou Alexandra, Sempepou Ioanna, Kosma Eleni
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon completion of the course, students will:
• know the meaning and usefulness of precision attachments and how they can connect fixed to removable prostheses.
• know the theoretical bases and application techniques of precision attachments.
• be able to apply prefabricated and laboratory-fabricated precision attachments.
• be able to study and analyze casts so they can fabricate a fixed or removable prosthesis that will be retained by a precision attachment
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
For educational reasons, the course is divided into a General Part and a Special Part.
The General Part includes the topics of precision attachment classification, advantages and disadvantages, indications and contra-indications, connecting precision attachments to fixed prosthesis, tools and instruments used in the application of precision attachments, various views on the problem of partial dentures with free ends.
The Special Part refers to the classification of prefabricated precision attachments and their application. More specifically, to the intracoronal, extracoronal, stud, bar and auxiliary attachments.
Case study.
Lab
Put theory into practice. More specifically, with the use of maxillary casts , students learn the following procedures:
1. Creating wax patterns for fixed prostheses, placement of precision attachments.
2. Milling of fixed prostheses using a dental surveyor. This stage also includes milling of wax patterns for reception of attachments.
3. Casting, polishing and finishing of fixed prostheses.
4. Study and design of the metal framework of a partial denture.
5. Study and design of a fixed prosthesis.