Prosth: Dr. Al

Question 1

Prosthodontics Definition

Answer 1

• Dental Specialty
• Includes:
  
  • diagnosis
  • treatment planning
  • rehabilitaiton and maintenance of oral fxn
  • comfrt
  • appearance
• health of patients with conditions associated with:
  
  • missing or defective teeth
    
    • and/or maxillofacial tissues using biocamptable substitutes

Question 2

Prosthodontics includes treatment of:

Answer 2

• Dentate patients
• Partially edentate patients
• Edentate patients

Question 3

Define: Fixed Prosthodontics

Answer 3

• Branch of Prosthodontics
• replacement and/or restoration of teeth by artifical substitues
• not readily removed

Question 4

Technical term for Bridge

Answer 4

• Fixed Dental Prosthesis (FDP)
• Fixed Partial Denture (FPD)

Question 5

Clinical Exam

Answer 5

• General Exam:
  
  • Patients Gait and Weight
  • Vital Signs
• Extraoral Exam
  
  • Special attention to facial asymmetry
    
    • small deviation from normal= serious underlyihng conditions
  • Palpate:
    
    • lymph nodes
    • TMJ
    • muscles of mastication
• Intraoral Exam:
  
  • condition of soft tissues and support structures
• Perio Exam
  
  • long term perio health is pre-requisate for successful fix prosth
  • existing perio disease must be corrected before any prosth tx
• Radiographic Eam
  
  • New patients: Full PA series
• Occlusal Exam:
  
  • How the ptients occlusion differs from idela
  • how well the patient has adapted
  • Special Attentino to:
    
    • initial contact
    • tooth alignment
    • eccentric occlusal contacts
    • jaw movements

Question 6

Mounted Diagnostic Casts

Answer 6

• Essential in treatment planning
• Mounted on semi-adjustable articulator
• Allows:
  
  • exam of static and dynamic relations of the teeth without interference
  • analzye occlusal plane and occlusion
  • Practice tooth preparations and diagnostic wax procedures for better eval
• Facebow record
  
  • to mount the maxillary cast
• CR or MI interocclusal record
  
  • to mount the mandibular cast
• Protrusive record
  
  • to set the condylar element
  • to reproduce the patients movement accurately

Question 7

Treatment planning

Answer 7

• Special attention to how chief complaint can be resolved
• restore patients dentition to good health, optimal funciton, optimal appearance
• Plan presented in writing
• some of the plan may change
• Properly sequenced as part of an ongoing program of comprehensive dental care

Question 8

Treatment planning: Patient must be informed about:

Answer 8

• current conditions and problems
• extent of dental treatment
• Tiem and cost of treatment
• Level of home care and professional f/u for success