Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Removable Prostheses
Other languages of instruction: Catalan, Spanish
Teaching staff
Wednesdays from 3 to 4 p.m.
Dr Cabratosa: cabratosa@uic.es
Introduction
Occlusion
Occlusion is a broad subject, closely interconnected with other disciplines of odontology. Its main purpose is to provide sufficient knowledge to preserve the masticatory system. This is only achievable through a proper understanding of its various components and their function.
Complete removable prosthesis
Rehabilitation of edentulous patients can be accomplished by producing a complete tissue-borne prosthesis when the first-line treatment (total implant-prosthesis) cannot be done for various reasons.
Removable partial prosthesis
For partially edentulous patients who cannot have a fixed prosthesis, a removable partial denture is an alternative that can restore lost function and aesthetics.
Pre-course requirements
None.
Objectives
Occlusion
- Review the activities related to the diagnosis and treatment decisions in occlusion.
Complete removable prosthesis
- To acquire the basic knowledge and skills for the preparation of a complete removable prosthesis.
Removable partial prosthesis
- To acquire the basic knowledge and skills for the preparation of a complete removable prosthesis.
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
- CB10 - Students should acquire the learning skills that allow them to continue to study.
- CB6 - Students should have and understand knowledge that provides the basis for or opportunity to be original in terms of the development and application of ideas, often within a research context.
- CB7 - Students should know how to apply the knowledge they have acquired and be able to resolve problems in new or little known environments within a broader (or multidiciplinary) context, related to their area of study.
- CE4 - To acquire the ability to make oral preparations on mucosa, teeth, and dental implants, to build dental prostheses in patients with advanced oral and multidisciplinary disorders; as well as identify and undertake the procedures and various checks for the prosthetic components during construction.
- CE5 - To be able to give public presentations on your own clinical cases based on the scientific literature, and correctly use the scientific terminology related to temporomandibular dysfunction and aesthetic restorative dentistry.
- CE7 - To be able to search for, organise and analyse, from a critical point of view, and using biomedical sources of information, scientific literature on issues related to temporomandibular dysfunction and aesthetic restorative dentistry, in order to pursue continuing education in a self-directed and autonomous way.
- CG4 - To know how to apply protocols for the use of the equipment in the dental laboratory-workshop to the point of undertaking the necessary procedures that help in oral rehabilitation or the treatments common to a restorative dentist.
Learning outcomes of the subject
- Be able to evaluate the toothless patient
- Be able to define the concept of Biological Parameter
- Be able to define the D.V.O., D.V.R.
- Be able to define and search for clinical references of the Incisal Line
- Be able to define and find clinical references in a toothless mouth for the Occlusal Plane
- Know how to define the Prosthetic Neutral Space
- Be able to describe the anatomy and features of the toothless alveolar ridge
- Know how to define the parameters of natural teeth: color, shape, size, cusp angle, material
- Be able to describe the parameters needed for occlusion
- Be able to define the biological parameters that relate the artificial teeth to each other (occlusal relationship, incisal guide, compensation curves and posterior length of the arch)
- Know the concept of Removable Prosthesis.
- Know the nomenclature of the elements that make up a PPR
- Know how to develop a diagnosis and a coordinated treatment plan in PPR.
- Describe the types of direct retainers according to the material and design
Syllabus
Master’s lectures / seminars
Review current concepts in masticatory system dysfunction.
Review current concepts in occlusion.
Review current concepts in complete removable prostheses.
Review current concepts in partial removable prostheses.
Pre-clinical practices
Clinical examination of the masticatory system.
Occlusive splint.
Mounting articulator occlusive and analysis.
Steps for making a complete prosthesis.
Design removable partial prosthesis.
Teaching and learning activities
In person
Lectures, seminars and pre-clinical practice.
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
Continuous assessment during the development of case presentation in clinical sessions and practices.
Bibliography and resources
- Okeson J. P. Management of Temporomandibular Disorders and Occlusion (2014)
- Dawson P.E. Functional Occlusion: From TMJ to Smile Design (2006)
- Color in dentistry. Stephen J. Chu, Rade D. Paravina, Irena Sailer, Adam J. Mieleszko. Quintessence Publishing Company, Incorporated, 2017
- Material didactic a moodle.