Removable Dentures for Dentists and Technicians

Removable Dentures for Dentists and Technicians is organized by OHI-S.

Total Lecture Time: 14h 41 min

Description:
Detailed digital and analog protocols for manufacturing complete removable dentures in clinical and laboratory stages are covered in the course 'Removable dentures for dentists and technicians'.

On this course, you will learn:

• Principles of occlusal concepts in complete removable dentures
• B.A.R.I. authors technique
• Protocols for creating suction dentures
• Rehabilitation methods using immediate dentures in hopeless cases
• Laboratory protocol for fabrication removable dentures in an analog articulator
• Digital protocols for manufacturing removable dentures in Exocad.

Under the guidance of leading experts in prosthodontics and dental technology, you will acquire profound knowledge and skills necessary for creating high-quality complete removable dentures that combine aesthetics and functionality.

Lesson 1. Current techniques of occlusal registration in the fabrication of complete removable dentures

– Determination of the centric relation of the jaws: classic and new approach

– 5 main factors for determining VDO

– Harmony of the face and facial features

– Myostabilized centric relation

– Methods of increasing VDO

– Disadvantages of cephalometric analysis in determining VDO

– Variations in VDO

– Orthopedic stable centric relation: anatomical and physiological aspects

– Methods of registering the centric relation in complete denture

– Horizontal reference plane: methods of determination

– The technique of using the face-bow

– Axis orbital plane: reproduction technique

– Methods of placing the front teeth on the mandible.

Recommended for:  Prosthodontists, Functional dentists, Dental technicians.

Lesson 2. Occlusal concept in complete denture: another approach than the classic way

– Occlusal plane and occlusal curves

– The Law of the Tangent

– The technique of transferring the radius of the curve of Spee to the articulator

– The curve of Spee: methods of creation

– Placement of teeth on the mandible by the template method

– The concept of Monson spheres

– Principles of setting the lower lateral teeth

– The concept of guides: principles

– Characteristics of balanced occlusion

– Creation of a canine guidance with complete adentia

– The concept of disocclusion/reocclusion

– Articulator programming: technique

– Protocols of aesthetic setting of teeth

– The technique of creating a protrusion guide and retroactive control

– Occlusogram: contact monitoring

– Repeated plastering of prostheses: purpose and technique

– Digital methods of manufacturing removable prostheses.

Recommended for:  Prosthodontists, Functional dentists, Dental technicians.

Lesson 3. Complete denture: a patient-centered approach

– Aesthetic analysis in complete edentulism

– Reorganizational approach to prosthetics

– Individualized rehabilitation: proportions of teeth in the upper and lower jaws

– Facial analysis: signs of reduced vertical dimension of occlusion

– Options for placement of anterior teeth: aesthetics and phonetics

– Therapeutic possibilities for patients with complete edentulism:

- Complete denture

- Overdenture

- Hybrid denture.

– Immediate removable denture: indications, manufacturing protocol

– Complete denture: analog protocol

– Digital protocols for creating complete dentures: CAD/CAM

– Rehabilitation of patients with immediate dentures in hopeless dentition

– Preliminary impression: materials and techniques

– UTS CAD: registration of the position of the Camper's plane and the pupillary line

– Techniques for taking functional impressions

– CAD BITE: method for registering the position of the upper and lower bases.

Recommended for:  Prosthodontists, Functional dentists, Dental technicians.

Lesson 4. The biomimetic approach to complete dentures: analog and digital workflows

– Utilizing intraoral scanner in complete immediate dentures

– Transformation of a removable dentures into a hybrid one with implant support: B.A.R.I. method

– Registration of implant position using analog and digital methods

– The CAD/CAM denture

– Guided surgery planning using information obtained from a full removable dentures

– Hybrid prosthesis: indications, determination, manufacturing

– Cross-mounting technique: advantages and technique;

– Single-model technique

– The digital cross-mounting: how to transfer all prosthetic coordinates from temporary to final restoration.

Recommended for:  Prosthodontists, Functional dentists, Dental technicians.

Lesson 5. Complete dentures: manual method

– Preliminary stages in the production of removable dentures and tools

– Analysis of impressions and their correction

– Wax bite templates: criteria and important parameters, centric

– Key information that a technician should receive from a dentist to achieve a qualitative result

– Model analysis criteria

– Techniques for using an articulator in complete dentures manufacturing

– Choice of teeth size and shape

– The principle of teeth setting according to Polz or Gerber

– Function checking technique for double-balanced occlusion

– Modeling the wax base

– Cold and hot polymerization: advantages and disadvantages

– Reocclusion and finishing: techniques and protocols.

Recommended for:  Prosthodontists, Functional dentists, Dental technicians.

Lesson 6. Complete dentures: digital approach

– Comparison of different scanning methods

– Protocols for digital duplication of prostheses

– Technique for digital fabrication of custom trays

– Methodology for installation of a centric

– Protocol for transferring palatine rims to a rigid base

– Modeling and setting using 3Shape and Exocad software

– 3D printing: advantages and methods

– Milling technology

– Technique for gluing and individualization of printed and PMMA units

– Clinical examples of making digital removable dentures.

Recommended for:  Prosthodontists, Functional dentists, Dental technicians.

Lesson 7. SEMCD (Suction Effective Mandibular Complete Denture) technology and VERTYSYSTEM

– The goals of edentulous rehabilitation and various types of rehabilitation

– Preliminary impressions: significance and techniques

– Techniques for taking high-quality impressions

– Design and preparation of individual trays

– Wax preparation for impression taking

– Anatomical landmarks defining the borders of individual trays

– Requirements for a high-quality functional impression

– Trays for functional impressions

– Video demonstration of creating an individual tray:

- creating a gypsum model

- baseplate design

- trimming the baseplate edges

- creating rigid occlusal templates.

– Video demonstration of creating a master model and assembly the model in an articulator

– Key concepts of occlusion depending on the type of rehabilitation

– Establishing the occlusal plane and anatomical wax modeling

– Protocols for manufacturing prostheses using the VERTYSYSTEM

– Final stage, inspection, and polishing of the dentures.

Recommended for:  Prosthodontists, Functional dentists, Dental technicians.

Lesson 8. Aesthetics and function in complete denture: an update approach

– Key aspects of occlusion restoration in complete edentulism

– Closed mouth impression technique

– Gothic arch registration: intraoral and extraoral procedures

– Rehabilitation of patients with complete edentulism in complex clinical cases: an example

– Registration of Vertical Dimension of Occlusion (VDO)

– Important aspects of communication between the dentist and dental technician

– Occlusal concepts in complete denture:

- normal occlusion

- reduced occlusion

- cross bite.

– Creating aesthetic complete removable dentures

– Analysis of long-term treatment results.

Recommended for:  Prosthodontists, Functional dentists, Dental technicians.

ALL OHI-S ONLINE COURSES ARE DISCOUNTS:

- 20% for residents, students and interns