Syllabus Information

5.1. Methodological overview

The learning process that has been design for this subject is based on:

Three tipes of activities:

Work with materials and process with a symbolic nature.

• Professor's presentation through magistral lectures.
• Workshops. The students and the proffesor will show and introduce the use of the articulator and all the materials related to the complete denture prosthesis.
• Student study of the recommended texts.

Analysis and diagnosis in contextualised situations.

• Workshops with presentation and group analysis of student's casts mounted on semi-adjustable articulator.
• Study and video display of different prosthetic techniques accompanied by comments and analysis in groups.

Achievements in context close to reality.

• Laboratoty practices with their own dental casts. The practice is made with real materials and instruments.
• Preclinic and laboratory practices with plastic casts that reproduce the anatomical condition of edentulism in a similar context to a real patient.

5.2. Learning tasks

• Magistra lectures.
• Clinical Cases Sesions.
• Complementary Workshps.
• Resolution of doubts in common.
• Activity participation of the students in teaching.

5.3. Syllabus

Program

The program offered to students for helping them to achieve the expected outcomes includes these activities...

Presentation

Issue 0: Dental Prosthesis Concept. Objetives. Curse organization. Theoretical and Practical program. Schedule. Rules. Evaluation Criteria. General bibliography.

Occlusion

Issue 1: Mounting casts on articulator

• Study and video display.
• Workshop. Articulator description.
• Work in group of three. Exposure and comments in groups.

Issue 2: Concept, integrant elements and functions. Anatomy and physiology of dental archs.

• Magistral Lesson.
• Laboratory Practice: Alginate impressions. Casting.

Issue 3: Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ). Mandibular Dynamics. Neuro-muscular organization.

• Magistral Lesson.
• Laboratory Practice: Trim and plinth.

Issue 4: Stomatognatic system physiology. Chewing, swallowing, breathing, phonation, aesthetics and reflexes.

• Magistral Lesson.
• Laboratory Practice: Facebow tranfer. Maxillary cast assembly.

Issue 5: Cephalometrics applied to prosthesis. Points, plans, cranio-facial-madibular indices.

• Magistral Lesson.
• Laboratory Practice: Centric Relation registration. Mandibular cast assembly.

Issue 6: Occlusion Concept. Teeth alignment. Occlusal morphology. Occlusion during mandibular dynamics.

• Magistral Lesson.
• Laboratory Pracitce: Resgistration of th inclination of the condylar guidance and Bennet Angle.

Issue 7: Compatibility between occlusal morphology and mandibular dynamics.

• Magistral Lesson.
• Workshop: Disccusion in groups about the occlusal pathologic findings in the students.

Issue 8: Occlusion Theories. Centric Relation. Centric Occlusion. Habitual Occlusion. Mutually protected occlusion. Bilateral balanced occlusion. Group Function. Dysfunctions.

• Magistral Lesson.
• Workshop: Students presentations of pathologic findings.

Issue 9: Facebows and articulators.

• Magistral Lesson.
• Laboratory Practice: Incisal guide reproduction.

Complete Edentulism

Issue 10: Edentulous patient. Evolution changes because of age. Anatomical and functional evolution in edentulous patients.

• Magistral Lesson.

Issue 11: Clinical History, clinical and complementary explorations, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plan in edentulous patients.

• Magistral Lesson.
• Workshop: Clinical History.

Issue 12: Complete Prosthesis. Concept and general characteristics. Biomechanical and retention principles. Prosthetical space.

• Magistral Lesson.
• Workshop: Clinical History.

Issue 13: Impressions in complete prosthesis. Impression materials, individual trays and casts.

• Magistral Lesson.
• Preclinic Practice: Incial impressions in edentulous typodont.

Issue 14: Base Plates and wax rods.

• Magistral Lesson.
• Preclinic Practice: Articulator mounting with Split-cast.

Issue 15: Transference and resiter of intermaxillary and caniomaxillary relations.

• Magistral Lesson.
• Preclinic Practice: Individual tray manufacture. Work impressions.

Issue 16: Artificial teeth. Mount and articulate of artificial teeth. Occlusion in complete prosthesis.

• Magistral Lesson.
• Preclinic Practice: Base plates manufacture.

Issue 17: Prosthesis test. Evaluate data: Aesthetics and functional.

• Magistral Lesson.

Issue 18: Wax-up, muffling, demuffling and prosthesis obtention.

• Magistral Lesson.
• Precilinic Practice: Teeth wax articulation.

Issue 19: Articulator test, remounting, laboratory selective grinding and prosthesis finishing.

• Magitral Lesson.

Issue 20: Prosthesis installation in mouth. Aesthetic, functional and stability checks. Patient instructions.

• Magistral Lesson.
• Preclinic Practice: Muffling and demuffling.
• Level Test.

5.4. Course planning and calendar

Presential sessions and work presentations schedule.

Subject important dates such as register o global exam date, as well as academic calendar and updated shedule are reflected in the faculty web page:

https://fccsyd.unizar.es/odontologia/grado-odontologia

5.5. Bibliography and recommended resources