SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY

SHAHEED ZULFIQAR ALI BHUTTO MEDICAL UNIVERSIRT Y

INTRODUCTION TO PROSTHODONTICS

Dr. Ahmad Shoaib

BDS (Gold Medalist), FCPS
C. Implant
Assistant Professor
Department of Prosthodontics
 PROSTHO----DONTICS

BRANCH OF CLINICAL DENTISTRY PERTAINING TO THE

RESTORATION & MAINTENANCE OF ORAL FUNCTIONS,
COMFORT, APPEARANCE & HEALTH OF THE PATIENTS

BY

THE RESTORATION OF NATURAL TEETH AND/ OR THE

REPLACEMENT OF MISSING TEETH & CRANIOFACIAL TISSUES
WITH ARTIFICIAL SUBSTITUTES.
 OBJECTIVES OF PROSTHODONTICS

 ELIMINATION OF ORAL DISEASE

 PRESERVATION OF HEALTH & RELATIONSHIPS OF THE

TEETH,ORAL & PARAORAL STRUCTURES

 RESTORATION OF INTRA & EXTRA ORAL FUNCTIONS

THAT ARE COMFORTABLE, ESTHETICALLY PLEASING
AND DON’T INTERFERE WITH THE PATIENT’S SPEECH.
 DIVISIONS OF PROSTHODONTICS

REMOVABLE PROSTHODONTICS
 REMOAVBLE PARTIAL DENTURE
 COMPLETE DENTURES
FIXED PROSTHODONTICS
IMPLANT PROSTHODONTICS
MAXILLO FACIAL PROSTHODONTICS
TMD PROSTHODONTICS
OCCLUSION
 TERMINOLOGY

DENTULOUS PATIENT

PARTIALLY DENTATE PATIENT

EDENTULOUS PATIENT
 REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES (RPD)

• ACRYLIC RESIN BASED RPD

• CAST METALLIC RPD

• IMMEDIATE INSERTION DENTURES

REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES (RPD)
 FIXED PARTIAL DENTURE (FPD)
o TOOTH SUPPORTED CONVENTIONAL FPD
• IMPLANT SUPPORTED FPD
• FIXED FIXED FPD
• FIXED MOVABLE FPD
• CANTILEVER FPD
• RESIN RETAINED FPD
FIXED PARTIAL DENTURE (FPD)
 COMPLETE DENTURES
CONVENTIONAL RESIN BASED COMPLETE DENTURES
METALLIC BASED COMPLETE DENTURES
DENTURES WITH RESILIENT BASES
TOOTH SUPPORTED COMPLETE OVERDENTURES
IMPLANT SUPPORTED OVERDENTURES
COMPLETE DENTURES
IMPLANT PROSTHODONTICS

• IMPLANT RETAINED
MUCOSA SUPPORTED
REMOVABLE DENTURES
• IMPLANT SUPPORTED
HYBRID PROSTHESIS
• IMPLANT SUPPORTED
FPD
MAXILLO FACIAL PROSTHODONTICS
 TEMPORO MANDIBULAR JOINT
(TMJ)
MANAGEMENT

• BRUXISM
• TMPDS
• MYOFACIAL PAIN
 RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY

VENEERS (SMILE MAKE OVERS)

INLAYS
ONLAYS
OVERLAYS
 PRE-CLINICAL PROSTHODONTICS
KNOWLEDGE REGARDING IMPRESSION MATERIALS
IMPRESSION MATERIAL MIXING AND SELECTION OF TRAYS
GYPSUM MIXING/SLAB FORMING AND TRIMMING
KNOWLEDGE REGARDING ANTOMY OF DENTURE BEARING
AREAS
IMPRESSION MAKING ON STUDY CASTS
 ARMAMENTARIUM FOR PRE-CLINICAL
PROSTHODONTICS
 EXAMINATION INSTRUMENTS
 IMPRESSION TRAYS
 WAX KNIFE
 WAX CARVER
 CEMENT SPATULA
 ALGINATE MIXING SPATULA
 GLASS SLAB
 PLASTER KNIFE
 RUBBER BOWL
 ROUND PLIER
 FLAT PLIER
 WIRE CUTTER
 SIMPLE HINGE ARTICULATOR
EXAMINATION INSTRUMENTS
IMPRESSION TRAYS
WAX KNIFE
WAX CARVER
CEMENT SPATULA
ALGINATE MIXING SPATULA
GLASS SLAB
PLASTER KNIFE
RUBBER BOWL
ROUND PLIER
FLAT PLIER
WIRE CUTTER
SIMPLE HINGE ARTICULATOR
 SUGGESTED READING
 PROSTHODONTIC TREATMENT FOR EDENTULOUS PATIENTS (ZARB)
 COMPLETE DENTURE PROSTHODONTICS (JOHN.J.MANAPALLIL)
 McCRACKEN’S REMOVABLE PARTIAL PROSTHODONTICS
 CONTEMPORARY FIXED PROSTHODONTICS(ROSENTIEL)
THANK YOU!