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This course will provide the foundation for long-term successful relationships with the removable prosthodontic patient. The course will begin with a detailed assessment and intraoral examination focusing on building the patient’s confidence about the dentist’s skills and to give the practitioner the tools to predict the outcome of the suggested treatment plan. Thereafter a series of steps will be described in the fabrication of both the complete and implant retained over-denture prostheses. The procedures will identify the definitive impressions, casting and controlling the models for laboratory detail, taking the vertical and horizontal centric record, marking the neutral zone, mapping the individualized esthetics and finalizing the delivery.



On completion of this course, you will be able to:

Distinguish between the methods of the past and today, and define the advantages and disadvantages of each

Discuss various problems commonly associated with the edentulous patients and methods to intercept this problem before committing to treatment of the patient

Describe how the assessment and intraoral examination will dictate which treatment options will deliver the basic outcome

Identify the different edentulous bone classifications and how your final prosthesis design will be affected

Describe the tissue character and tissue mobility classification and how this relates to choosing a surgical solution or a design alteration in the final prosthesis

Describe the clinical technique in developing the final prosthesis for the various boney and tissue edentulous conditions

Describe how the clinical technique for the immediate denture has evolved into predictable result