Course Language:
English
Course Objectives:
This course intends to provide 1st year dental students with detailed information on the morphology of primary and permanent teeth and enable them to understand and perform the fabrication stages of complete dentures.
Course Content:
To help our students acquire knowledge and skills with both theoretical and practical studies.
Course Methodology:
1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 4: Case Study 5: Practice
Course Evaluation Methods:
A: Testing, B: Preclinical Lab Study C: Homework-Case study D: Clinical performance form E: OSCHE
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Learning Outcomes | Program Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| By the end of the course, the student will be able to | |||
| Describe the numbering systems of primary and permanent teeth and use the appropriate classification system. |
PLO 1,PLO 9,
PLO 15 |
1,2,3,5 | A,B,C |
| Capture the morphological structures of primary and permanent teeth |
PLO 1,PLO 9,
PLO 15 |
1,2,3,5 | A,B,C |
| Explain the occlusion at primary and permanent dentition and its importance |
PLO 1,PLO 9,
PLO 15 |
1,2,3,5 | A,B,C |
| Describe all upper and lower right, left primary and permanent teeth individually |
PLO 1,PLO 9,
PLO 15 |
1,2,3,5 | A,B,C |
| Describe the laboratory stages of complete dentures |
PLO 1,PLO 9,
PLO 15 |
1,2,3,5 | A,B,C |
| Describe the anatomical landmarks in edentulous jaws |
PLO 1,PLO 9,
PLO 15 |
1,2,3,5 | A,B,C |
| Perform individual trays, acrylic baseplates, wax rims in edentulous jaws |
PLO 1,PLO 9,
PLO 15 |
1,2,3,5 | A,B,C |
| Explain the rules of tooth arrangement in complete dentures |
PLO 1,PLO 9,
PLO 15 |
1,2,3,5 | A,B,C |
| Describe and perform mounting casts on the articulator |
PLO 1,PLO 9,
PLO 15 |
1,2,3,5 | A,B,C |
| Describe flasking procedure of complete dentures and perform polymerization and finishing procedures of complete dentures. |
PLO 1,PLO 9,
PLO 15 |
1,2,3,5 | A,B,C |
Course Flow
| COURSE CONTENT (2. Semester ) | ||
| Week | Theoretical Topics | Study Materials |
| 1 | Explanation of course syllabus and objectives; general considerations about complete dentures | Recommended resources |
| 2 | Anatomical landmarks in edentulous jaws | Recommended resources |
| 3 | Individual impression trays | Recommended resources |
| 4 | Classification of supporting tissues , boxing of 2nd impressions and obtaining a cast | Recommended resources |
| 5 | Base plates and wax rims | Recommended resources |
| 6 | Articulators and mounting the casts on the articulator | Recommended resources |
| 7 |
Tooth arrangements for complete dentures
Modelling for complete dentures |
Recommended resources |
| 8 | Flasking and removal of wax | Recommended resources |
| 9 | Delivery of acrylic and polymerization | Recommended resources |
| 10 | Removal of dentures from the flask; finishing and polishing | Recommended resources |
| 11 | Type of Porosities in acrylic dentures | Recommended resources |
| 12 | General considerations about complete dentures | Recommended resources |
| 13 | Repair of complete dentures | Recommended resources |
| 14 | Review of complete dentures | Recommended resources |
| COURSE CONTENT (2.semester) | ||
| Week | Practical Topics | Study Materials |
| 1 | Explanation of laboratory materials and rules about complete | Recommended resources |
| 2 | Drawing Anatomical landmarks in edentulous cast model | Recommended resources |
| 3 | Construction of Individual impression trays (upper) | Recommended resources |
| 4 | Construction of Individual impression trays (lower) | Recommended resources |
| 5 | Preparation of Base plates | Recommended resources |
| 6 | Preparation of wax rims | Recommended resources |
| 7 | Mounting the casts on the articulator | Recommended resources |
| 8 | Tooth arrangements for complete dentures (anterior teeth) | Recommended resources |
| 9 | Tooth arrangements for complete dentures (posterior teeth) | Recommended resources |
| 10 | Flasking and removal of wax demonstration | Recommended resources |
| 11 | Delivery of acrylic and polymerization demonstration | Recommended resources |
| 12 | General considerations about complete dentures | Recommended resources |
| 13 | Removal of dentures from the flask; finishing and polishing demonstration | Recommended resources |
| 14 | Repair of complete dentures demonstration | Recommended resources |
Recommended Sources
| Textbook |
1. Hüsnü Yavuzyılmaz. Diş morfolojisi ve anatomisi. Gazi basımevi 2013
2. Kataoka -Yoshimi Nishimura .Natures morphologoy atlas of tooth shape and form Shigeo, 2005 3. Senih Çalıkkocaoğlu, Pınar Kursoğlu, Nuray Çapa. Total Protezlerin Laboratuvar İşlemleri, 2007 4. Senih Çalıkkocaoğlu. Dişsiz hastaların protetik tedavisi: Klasik tam protezler, 2010 5. Lamb, D. J. Problems and solutions in complete denture prosthodontics, 1993
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Material Sharing
| Documents | Contemporary literature |
| Assignments | Manual practices as homework |
| Exams | 3 Theoretical and practical exams |
Assessment
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| Mid-terms: 2 x (theoretical + practical) | 2 | 50% |
| Quizzes | ||
| Final: 1 x (theoretical + practical) | 1 | 50% |
| Total | ||
| CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE | ||
| CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE | ||
| Total | 100% |
Course’s Contribution to Program
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | Adopting a lifelong learning concept, making necessary planning and practice for continuous professional development. | X | |||||
| 2 | Planning and managing teamwork in the practice, taking into consideration patient safety and clinical risk management | ||||||
| 3 | Applying ethical principles in all patients and using ethical decision making principles in solving ethical issues. | ||||||
| 4 | Maintenance of an effective communication with the dental staff and patients. | ||||||
| 5 | Taking care of the privacy of patient information and keeping and maintaining patient records thoroughly | ||||||
| 6 | Using the necessary anamnesis, examination and auxiliary diagnostic methods for the diagnosis of oral and dental diseases and interpreting the relationship between the general health status of the patient and planning of dental treatments. | ||||||
| 7 | Making a comprehensive treatment planning that includes all preventive measures by taking the protection and maintenance of health as a priority in all dental practices. | ||||||
| 8 | Planning alternative treatment options and make a collaborative decision with the patient about final treatment planning by informing about the advantages and disadvantages of the plans. | ||||||
| 9 | Integrating basic medical sciences in clinical sciences and using this information in all procedures of the patient. | X | |||||
| 10 | Making a treatment planning by taking oral health risks of the patient into consideration and referring to a specialist in cases beyond one’s area of expertise | ||||||
| 11 | Performing first step health services of the patient with maximum psychomotor skills and using the principles of evidence based dentistry. | ||||||
| 12 | Establishing communication with pediatric patients considering the stages of mental development and provision of behavioral management. | ||||||
| 13 | Planning, execution and evaluation of community based programs focused on special groups. | ||||||
| 14 | Making necessary suggestions in reorganization and areas of national health policies. | ||||||
| 15 | Following international literature, evaluating publications critically and integration of research results and evidence based dentistry during practice. | X | |||||
ECTS
| Activities | Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: 28x Total course hours) |
14
14 |
11
9 |
154
126 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Mid term | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Homework | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Final examination | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Total Work Load | 307 | ||
| Total Work Load / 25 (h) | 12,28 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 12 |