About this Course
Course Description
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 Learning Outcomes
1 ) Formulate a treatment plan and integrate analytical thinking, effective communication and diplomacy during patient management.
2 ) Apply the technical, practical and biocompatibility aspects of dental materials used in Removable Partial Prosthodontics.
3 ) Survey and design partial dentures appropriately.
4 ) Deduce factors that may affect the progress and outcome of a proposed treatment.
Course Details
STATUS : Open DURATION : FLEXIBLE EFFORT : Approximately 1 hour per topic MODE : 100% Online COURSE LEVEL : Beginner LANGUAGE : English CLUSTER : Science & Technology ( ST )
