Unit name | Full Denture Prosthetics |
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Unit code | ORDSM0014 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Puryer |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
n/a |
Co-requisites |
n/a |
School/department | Bristol Dental School |
Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
This Unit of Teaching will be offered as an Optional Unit as part of a modular distance learning programme. The programme will allow students to build Certificate, Diploma or Masters level qualifications by combining optional 20 credit units. The Prosthetics Unit has the following three Elements and their general aims are: - Element 1. Complete denture problems and solution. Firstly to refine the student’s diagnostic skills and management of problems commonly encountered by patients wearing complete dentures. Secondly to assist students to acquire skills useful in finding solutions to clinical problems by using electronic library searches and to evaluate the quality of evidence in the literature. Element 2. Reconstructing an authentic smile. • to review the emotional importance of teeth to our sense of wellbeing. • to review the guidelines which have been suggested in the dental literature on positioning dental arches in their original positions and in setting teeth which have some features of natural arrangements. • to present a clinical technique which will allow the reconstruction of the lower face to be authentic and based on evidence from pre-extraction records, biometric guidelines and validated by the patient’s own input.
Element 3. Occlusal stability in partial and complete dentures • To analyse the reasons for instability in partial and complete dentures and to suggest techniques which may solve these problems.
Knowledge Students should be able to :
Skills The student should be able to:
Study of selected literature on website Reflective writing Problem solving using self-directed lit research Website videos and reflective questionnaire Tutorial and Seminar Design sessions Hands on practical sessions
This Unit will have the following four summative assessments: - 1. Element 1. Online assignment (15%) 2. Element 2. Reflective case study (15%) 3. Element 3. Online assignment (15%) 4. A final written examination comprising Multiple Short Answer questions of 2 hours’ duration (55%)
The balance of assessment in all of the elements will be the same.
Formative assessment • Online activities and study day activities will provide formative assessment