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Course Info

About this Course

Prosthodontics is a dental specialty pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment planning, rehabilitation and maintenance of the oral function, comfort, appearance and health of patients with clinical conditions associated with missing or deficiency in the number of teeth. Removable Prosthodontics is the branch that oversees the replacement of missing teeth or soft tissue with removable prothesis that may be tooth, tissue or tooth-tissue supported. This Removable Partial Dentures (RPDs) course aims to take you through the fundamentals and basic techniques on how to go about delivering a functional and aesthetically satisfactory RPD to your patient. The course will begin with an introduction and classifications of RPDs, followed by the stages involved in treatment planning. Upon completing this, you will learn the basic principles of designing an RPD along with the impression materials that are frequently used in RPDs. The remaining of this course will walk you through the clinical steps of RPD fabrication and not forgetting the occlusion concepts.

Course Syllabus

Introduction and classification of Removable Partial Dentures (RPDs)
1. What is an RPD?
2. Functions of RPDs
3. Types of RPDs
4. Indications

Treatment planning in RPDs
1. Goals of an RPD treatment
2. Ideal abutment teeth
3. First diagnostic appointment
4. Second diagnostic appointment
5. Development of treatment plan

Surveyors and denture surveying
1. Components of a surveyor and their functions
2. The purposes of surveying
3. Sequence of surveying
4. The dos and don’ts in surveying

Denture components
1. Rests
2. Retainers
3. Bracing/ reciprocating
4. Connectors

Denture designing and the biomechanics
1. Type of leverage in RPD
2. Movement in RPD
3. Force in RPD
4. Factors Influence the magnitude of stress in RPD
5. Design consideration in controlling stress
6. Principles of RPD designing

Impression materials and techniques
1. Factors related to impression in RPD: Objective, function, anatomic and clinical factor
2. Armamentarium and materials
3. The procedure for making impression in RPD
4. Comparison of impression technique for different clinical situations

Occlusion and maxillo-mandibular relationship
1. Types of occlusal schemes
2. Treatment approach
3. Maxillo-mandibular relationship recording technique
4. Bite registration materials
5. Facebow transfer

Teeth set-up and trial insertion
1. Principles of teeth set-up
2. Steps for denture trial insertion

Denture delivery and review
1. Armamentarium and steps for denture delivery
2. Post-delivery finishing and polishing
3. Post-delivery instructions
4. Denture review
5. Management for errors (extension, occlusion, retention)

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1 : Will I get CPD points from joining this course.
A1 : No. This MOOC is strictly for you to learn for free. CPD points are not provided.