| CODE | DSG1500 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Dental Laboratory Practice - Complete Dentures | ||||||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Faculty of Dental Surgery | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This one-year study unit will expose the students to the practical aspects of complete dentures fabrication and maintenance. Students will practice the various steps associated with dentures fabrication from pouring of impressions to the final stages of flasking and finishing of dentures. Additionally students will be taught techniques associated with maintenance of complete denture function. Study-unit Aims: The aims of the study-unit are to: - Introduce the student to hands on work in the dental laboratory. - Introduce the materials commonly in use in the dental technology laboratory. - Teach the technical aspects of conventional and immediate complete denture construction. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Discuss the sequencing of the laboratory steps involved in fabricating and maintaining conventional and immediate complete dentures. - Discuss the different special trays that can be constructed for impression procedures of complete dentures. - Discuss jaw relation record procedures for complete dentures. - Discuss mandibular jaw movements. - Discuss dental articulators and their role in complete denture fabrication. - Discuss tooth selection procedures and tooth set up for complete dentures. - Discuss different occlusal schemes for complete dentures. - Comprehend the importance of trial dentures prior to completion of complete dentures. - Discuss different denture flasking techniques, with emphasis on the lost wax pattern technique and its derivatives. - Discuss the clinical and laboratory steps in the provision and maintenance of complete dentures. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Disinfect dental impressions and other laboratory work that is returned from the dental clinic. - Pour the dental impressions with the appropriate dental material. - Construct different special trays for various impression procedures of complete dentures. - Construct different occlusal rims. - Select the appropriate dental articulator for complete denture fabrication. - Mount the master casts and occlusal rims on the dental articulator. - Set up the teeth for complete dentures with the appropriate occlusal scheme. - Wax up the trial denture. - Re-set teeth as per clinical indications. - Perform final wax up pf the trial denture prior to fabrication. - Perform different denture flasking techniques. - Maintain complete dentures- remounting of dentures, relining and rebasing techniques and repairs. - Utilize injection moulding techniques. - Utilize heat and cold curing techniques for the denture polymer. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | A pass in this study-unit is required before registering for DSG2500. Attendance to scheduled sessions, inclusive of lectures/tutorials, practical, laboratory and clinical components is compulsory. Students who do not attend at least 90% of the scheduled sessions will not be allowed to sit for any of the assessment components mentioned below. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Practical | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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