1
Conventional complete dentures
This module is delivered in 4 sessions (1 hr per session)
1. Causes of tooth loss
2. Consequences of tooth loss
3. Transition into complete denture (the role of overdenture)
4. Anatomy of the denture bearing area
5. Classifications of the residual ridge
6. Principles of complete dentures
7. Clinical stages of denture construction
8. Stages of denture construction in the lab
9. Managing the flabby ridge
10. Managing the atrophic mandible
11. The review appointment
2
Removable Partial Dentures
This module is delivered in 3 sessions (1 hr per session)
1. Classification, and types of RPDs
2. Surveying, and designs (including various clasps designs)
3. The indirect retention
4. Clinical stages
5. The altered cast technique (clinical and laboratory stages)
6. The use of extra- and intra- coronal attachments in RPDs
7. The review appointment
3
Dental crowns and bridges
This module is delivered in 6 sessions (1 hr per session)
1. Indications
2. Principles of preparation
3. Resistance and retention forms
4. Choice of restoration
5. Choice of cement
6. Tissue management
7. Temporary versus provisional crowns and their types
8. CAD/CAM
9. Crown removal techniques
a. Types of dental bridges and advantages and disadv. of each
b. Abutment selection and critical evaluation
c. Clinical stages of bridge work
d. Laboratory stages of bridge work
e. Bridge failure management
f. Problems with long span bridge work
4
Dental implants
The topics of this module are expandable, it is based on the candidate preference.
1. History, implant designs, classifications
2. Implant supported crown (types of abutments adv. vs disadv. of each)
3. Implant supported bridge
4. Implant retained overdenture
5. Implant retrained and supported overdenture
a. The surgical aspect
b. Immediate placement vs delayed placement
c. Immediate loading vs delayed loading
e. the all on 4 concept
f. Clinical stages