PROSTHESIS I (SECOND PART NO EXAM)
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2017/2018
- Teacher
- MAURIZIO FRANCHI
- Credits
- 4
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- MED/28
Training objectives
- Provide technical knowledge and clinical applications of removable partial dentures (RPDs) in order to rehabilitates partial edentulism.
Students must acquire the skills to treat the various forms of partial edentoulism, from setting an adequate treatment plan to planning an appropiate device to rehabilitate the patient. Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge in anatomy of the oral cavity, dental materials, dental and special pathology, conservative dentistry.
Course programme
- The course considers in its first part the technical aspects of the RPDs framework (main connector, secondary connectors, anchoring, secondary retention). The second one analyses step by step the operative procedures for the realization of the prosthetic artifact from the treatment plan formulation to taking impression, parallelometer analysis, wax melting laboratory procedures and modern CAD-CAM system.
Didactic methods
- Lectures and case-based learning on the patient during the clinical activity.
Learning assessment procedures
- At the end of the term there will be an exam :its grade will be integrated with the one deriving from the exam of Prosthodontics I about complete dentures. The exam is based on the discussion of a rehabilitation plan with RPDs and consist of two parts:
1) the student is provided with diagram of an upper/lower arch cast reproducing a partial edentulism. The student will describe schematically and graphically the RPDs rehabilitation. At the end the Professor and the student will discuss the proposed rehabilitation.
2) questions on materials and/or procedures of the RPDs construction, often in reference to the treatment plan discussed in point 1).
Usually, the examination consists of four questions including the discussion of the clinical case. Grade assessment reflects the level of competence shown in the problem-solving approach, including clarity, capacity to apply the acquired knowledge to the clinical scenario, as well as appropriatness in diagnosis and treatment planning. Exam duration: 40-60 min. Reference texts
- Strongly recommended
Preti, Pera, La protesi parziale rimovibile, Ed. Piccin
Optional
Bortolini, Franchi, Rossi, Protesi combinata ad ancoraggio fresato individuale, Ed. Piccin
Giulio Preti, Riabilitazione protesica, Ed. UTET
