• Course Code :
  RPROS311
• Level :
  Undergraduate
• Course Hours :
  3.00 Hours
• Department :
  Faculty of Oral & Dental Medicine

Instructor information :

• Title:Professor
• Name: Hesham Ibrahim Mostafa Alam ElDeen
• Office hours:-Hours


• Title:Assistant Lecturer
• Name: Mahmoud Saleh Mahmoud Mohamed Fayed
• Office hours:-Hours


• Title:Teaching Assistant
• Name: Mayar Mohamed Mohamed Abdelhalim Mohamed Khalifa
• Office hours:-Hours

• This course is designed to familiarize the students with instruments, materials and laboratory procedures and techniques used for complete denture prosthodontics. • The student will study the complete denture components and principles of complete denture design and construction. • The laboratory and clinical procedures will be taught and their interdependence stressed.

Steps of complete denture construction, anatomy and physiology, Impression trays and techniques, Relief and posterior palatal seal, Retention and stability,Occlusion blocks, TMJ and mandibular movements,Jaw relation record ,Face bow, Articulators, Selection of artificial teeth and arrangement, Waxing up and processing..

Course outcomes:

a. Knowledge and Understanding:
	1- List various types of artificial teeth. 2- List types of face bows and articulators 3- Define relief and posterior palatal seal. 4- Define retention and stability. 5- Identify various types of impression techniques and trays. 6- Explain various mandibular movements and jaw relations and occlusion blocks. 7- Define different steps for complete denture construction 8- Describe the anatomy and physiology of the oral cavity
b. Intellectual Skills:
	1- Make decisions regarding common technical discrepancies and faults using appropriate problem solving skills. 2- Assess the typical problems that can occur during complete denture construction. 3- Interpret normal and abnormal edentulous anatomy and its relationship to complete denture fabrication
c. Professional and Practical Skills:
	1- Perform the laboratory steps required to fabricate a complete denture. 2- Use various instrument used in fabrication of complete dentures. 3- Manipulate the dental materials necessary to fabricate a complete denture
d. General and Transferable Skills:
	1- Uses the information technology to improve the education through self – directed learning and research work activities 2- Self evaluates the professional abilities, performance and progress.

For further information :

• Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
• E-mail: [email protected]