Program Overview

DENTAL PROSTHESIS PROGRAM

Overview

The Dental Prosthesis program is a branch of Dentistry that deals with the restoration of compromised teeth and the substitution of missing teeth in partially or totally edentulous patients. This program, offered in the 6th year of the Degree Course in Dentistry, focuses on the rehabilitation of partially and totally edentulous patients using fixed or removable prostheses supported by natural teeth or implants.

Aims and Content

Learning Outcomes

The didactic activity includes clinical training aimed at letting students acquire the theoretical and practical knowledge necessary for the rehabilitation of partially and totally edentulous patients. By the end of the course, students must:

• Know in depth the materials and methods needed to realize a fixed prosthesis supported by teeth
• Be able to diagnose and realize a proper treatment plan including prosthodontic rehabilitations
• Be able to clinically identify indications and contraindications to the rehabilitation with the various types of prostheses
• Be able to realize a proper fixed or removable prosthesis supported by implants or by natural teeth
• Have acquired a proper terminology to identify the various types of prostheses and their components and to describe the procedures required to realize a prosthesis
• Be able to manage the dental team and communication with patients and with the dental lab to realize a proper prosthodontic rehabilitation

Prerequisites

• 67236 Discipline Odontostomatologiche I
• 67276 Protesi Dentaria

Teaching Methods

The course includes 60 hours (3 CFU) of clinical training conducted in the dental school or in the affiliated hospitals. Students, monitored by tutors, will directly operate on patients as primary operators with progressively increasing autonomy. Attendance is mandatory.

Syllabus/Content

• Diagnosis and treatment plan in prosthodontics
• Procedures to realize a fixed definitive or provisional prosthesis
• Procedures to realize a removable definitive or provisional prosthesis
• Procedures to realize an implant-supported definitive or provisional prosthesis

Recommended Reading/Bibliography

To deepen the topics covered during the lessons, the following textbook is suggested:

• Preti G. Riabilitazione protesica. UTET

Teachers and Exam Board

Teachers

• Maria Menini
• Joseph Garibaldi
• Paolo Pera

Exam Board

• Stefano Benedicenti (President)
• Paolo Pesce (President)
• Francesco Arcuri
• Emanuela Ardito
• Luigi Canullo
• Joseph Garibaldi
• Francesco Lagana'
• Marco Migliorati
• Guido Moscato
• Giuseppe Gilberto Signorini
• Alessandro Ugolini
• Maria Menini (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

Lessons

Lessons Start

September

Class Schedule

The timetable for this course is available on the Portale EasyAcademy.

Exams

Exam Description

The final exam comprises an interview with discussion of clinical cases.

Assessment Methods

Details of the preparation for the exam and of the level of in-depth study will be given during the lessons. The student will have to demonstrate having acquired the theoretical and practical knowledge necessary to plan and realize the rehabilitation of patients requiring the restoration of dental arches. The interview will mainly regard the diagnosis and the capacity to plan an effective implant-prosthodontics treatment plan and will evaluate not only the degree of knowledge but also if the student is able to critically analyze clinical problems that may be presented during the exam.

Further Information

Ask the professor for other information not included in the teaching schedule.