Unit Code: DNT712

Unit Name: Crown & Bridge

Description: This course seeks to introduce the students to the field of fixed prosthodontics. The students will gain a basic understanding of the concepts and skills required for restoring a single broken down tooth with a fixed prosthodontic restoration.This course includes concepts and principles for basic understanding of all theoretical aspects of Fixed Prosthodontics in relation to clinical and laboratory work. Students gain practical experience and performance skills in a variety of crown preparations at the phantom head laboratory, Clinical skills are developed using phantom heads and plastic teeth on which to practice and refine individual crown preparation techniques, with the goal of students being familiar with a range of different crown preparations as well as developing the necessary handpiece control required for the preparation of a crown restoration.Knowledge is developed through a series of lectures relating directly to the clinical activities planned for the session.

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Prerequisite: N/A

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 15

Offered In: Semester 1,2