Chapter 1: Prosthetic Dentistry Flashcards
Match the letters with the numbers:
A. Classical concept (no longer used)
B. Updated concept
- Artificial replacement of a missing part of the human body to improve its morphology and function
- The prosthesis aims to: restore, reconstruct, and rehabilitate. Besides trying to prevent further problems it aims to maintain the health of the remaining tissue.
A. 1
B. 2
What is considered the ideal prosthesis?
Besides replacing the teeth, restoring and rehabilitating the function.
It also includes maintaining the organs and structures that remain in the mouth and the other elements of the masticatory apparatus healthy.
What is prosthodontics?
It is a branch of dentistry that aims to restore function (speech), comfort, aesthetic appearance and health
The function of prosthodontics
Restoring the natural teeth and/or replacing missing teeth and oral tissue
Prosthodontics but using artificial appliances:
Prosthesis
What is the stomatognathic system?
It is a combination of structures involved in speech, reception, mastication and deglutition
Components of the stomatognathic system
- Teeth
- Interdental articulation
- TMJ
- Masticatory muscles
- Neuromuscular system
- Tongue, lips, cheeks, mucosa
- Vascular mucosa
What is somatology prosthesis?
It is the rehabilitation of the stomatognathic system: mastication, phonation, deglutition and aesthetics
How are the prosthetics classified?
- By extension
- For its ability to be removed by the patient
- By manufacture materials
- By the support
- According to replacement structures
What are the 2 types of prosthetics according to extension?
- Full
- Partial: Valplast or Flexite
What is the main advantage of wearing a flexible partial denture?
Having the invisible retainers (clasps) that surround the natural teeth
What are the types of prosthetics according to their ability to be removed by the patient?
- Fixed
- Removable
- Mixed
Fixed prosthetics are usually muco-supported. True or False
False, it is tooth-supported
Examples of fixed prosthetics
- Cemented crowns
- Onlays and inlays
- Cast pin-stump
- Fibre posts
- Veneer
- Bridge
What fixed prosthetics is able to preserve a lot of dental tissue?
The onlays and inlays