02971 - Prosthodontics

Academic Year 2023/2024

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Dental Hygiene (cod. 8481)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student should be able to recognize and manage patients with dental prostheses from a hygienic point of view. In particular, the student will be able to: - recognize the different types of dental prostheses - recognize and correctly manage the dental materials relating to prosthetic devices - know the indications for different prosthetic treatments - know the indications and contraindications of prosthetic devices in relation to dental hygiene - knowing the oral hygiene methods in patients wearing fixed and removable dentures - carrying out the hygienic treatment in patients wearing dental prostheses - being able to motivate the patient wearing dentures about oral hygiene and its maintenance .

Course contents

- Complete dentures (removable prostheses)

- Partial dentures (removable prostheses)

- Fixed prosthesis

- Implant-prosthetic rehabilitation

Assessment methods

Written and oral exam

Office hours

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