Short course
Prosthodontics for Practice
This course aims to deal with conventional prosthodontic issues relevant to every-day practice. The course will focus on enhancing clinical skills required for these technique-sensitive procedures.
What you will learn
The face to face sessions will be structured around each of the treatment options. Individual lectures will be given in the laboratory and will be immediately followed by the appropriate laboratory exercise. The laboratory exercises will be constructed around a clinical case requiring an extensive range of treatment modalities to be covered.
Major Topics
- Three-unit bridge design and preparation
- Post and core preparation
- Veneer design and preparation
- The place of the classic metal ceramic crown in current practice
- Anterior all-ceramic restoration
- Adhesive bridge preparation concepts
- Posterior ceramic inlay/only design and preparation
- Gold inlay/onlay design and preparation
Webinar topics
- Indications / contraindications – when to use full crowns and when to use partial restorations
- Material choices
- Case studies
Program Delivery
- Online lectures completed via the University of Melbourne's Learning Management System - Canvas
- Two days of face-to-face preclinical hands-on sessions held at the Melbourne Dental School, Ground Floor Preclinical Laboratory, 723 Swanston Street, Carlton Vic 3053.
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Course details
There is an online lecture component which participants must attend before undertaking the face-to-face hands-on sessions at the Melbourne Dental School.