Standard

 

DLT 204 - Advanced Complete Dentures

Course Description

Focuses on skills in advanced concepts in complete dentures. Topics include: research in complete dentures, complete denture preparatory procedures, complete denture fabrication procedures, and advanced concepts in complete dentures.

 

Competency Areas

Hours

 

Research in Complete Dentures

Class

1

Complete Denture Preparatory Procedures

D. Lab

9

Complete Denture Fabrication Procedures

P. Lab/O.B.I.

0

Advanced Concepts in Complete Dentures

Credit

5

 

 

 

Prerequisite:

DLT 113

Corequisite:

 

 

Course Guide

 

Competency

After completing this section, the student will:

Hours

Class

D.Lab

P.Lab/

O.B.I.

RESEARCH IN COMPLETE                                                                     

 DENTURES

1

9

0

Research report

Select a research topic on an area of complete dentures.

 

 

 

 

Research a topic on an area of complete dentures.

 

 

 

 

Type a 1500 word research report on an area of complete dentures.

 

 

 

Oral presentation

Present the project orally with media and/or training aids.

 

 

 

COMPLETE DENTURE PREPARATORY PROCEDURES

4

9

0

Bases/occlusal rims/ facebow

Discuss the use and fabrication of the transfer bases and occlusal rims and the facebow on the articulator.

 

 

 

Posterior teeth

Discuss the purpose and selection of posterior teeth to blend with the patient's needs.

 

 

 

Resins

Discuss the variations and uses of the fluid resin and VLC resin materials.

 

 

 

COMPLETE DENTURE FABRICATION PROCEDURES

2

70

0

Facebow transfer

Mount a complete denture model using the facebow transfer.

 

 

 

Teeth selection

Select teeth for complete dentures.

 

 

 

Teeth arrangements

Arrange teeth on semiadjustable articulators.

 

 

 

Denture processing

Process complete dentures in fluid resin and VLC acrylic.

 

 

 

ADVANCED CONCEPTS IN COMPLETE DENTURES

3

2

0

Immediate denture and surgical tray fabrication

Discuss immediate denture and surgical tray fabrication.

 

 

 

Injection process

Discuss the use of the injection process for complete dentures.

 

 

 

 

Suggested Resource

 

Book

 

Boucher, et al. (1975). Prosthodontic treatment for edentulous patients. St. Louis: Mosby.