Tutorial 1 - Partially Dentate Patient Assessment Flashcards
You are seeing a patient who is currently wearing dentures. What complaints may he have about these?
What do you need to note when doing your intra-oral examination? (Without the denture in-situ)
If the patient is currently wearing dentures, what information can you obtain by examining these dentures?
If you are to proceed with making new dentures, what information do you need to tell the patient before starting?
Aims of assessment
2ND POWERPOINT ON SAME TOPIC
What does patient assessment consist of?
In this order !!!!
What does patient complaint and denture history include?
Medical, social and dental history includes?
Extra oral examination includes?
Intraoral examination includes?
What are the key terms for removable prosthodontics - when talking about removable partial dentures?
SUPPORT
STABILITY
RETENTION
What do we check for in the denture?
Define retention
Define stability
Define support
Examples of special investigations?
Diagnosis and treatment planning?
What are the visits required to make an RPD (removable partial denture)?
How many visits?
You are seeing a patient for the first time who requests new dentures. What information, examinations, tests and investigations do you require prior to starting treatment?
See list from second PowerPoint on tutorial
Complaints, medical, social, dental, denture history, IO, EO , hygiene, diet, GUM HEALTH - need to make sure patient is periodontally stable first before giving dentures eg BPE/PMPR
Dentures compromise periodontal health
When learning this FC, look into Kennedy system and how it works and add a flashcard
Extra
Long term consideration for dentures?
From Alisha fc
Increased periodontal risk
