Combined Bachelor's + Master's degree in Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics

Dental Materials and Prosthetic Tecniques - MATERIALI DENTARI

Course code

4S02636

Name of lecturer

Daniele De Santis

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5

Academic sector

MED/28 - ORAL DISEASES AND DENTISTRY

Language of instruction

Italian

Site

VERONA

Period

LEZIONI 2° SEMESTRE dal Feb 18, 2019 al May 31, 2019.

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Learning outcomes

This course will focus on the analysis of fundamental notions concerning the main materials currently used in fields such as prosthetics, restorative dentistry and orthodontics.Among the objectives of this course there is also the acquisition, by the student, of the main phases related to the execution of particularly important processes that are daily applied in dental laboratories. Will also be described the main equipment currently available for the realization of the aforementioned processes.
At the end of the course the student will have to possess the necessary knowledge to be able to express an objective evaluation of the products produced in the dental laboratory.

Syllabus

MaterialiDentali
• Anatomy, Physiology and pathology of the teeth
• Gnathology and physiology of mastication
• Property of dental materials
• Biocompatibility of dental materials
• Materials for the prevention of dental diseases and damage
• Materials for conservative therapy
• Materials for Endodontic therapy
• Impression materials
• Materials for prosthetic therapy
• Materials for implant therapy
• Materials for periodontal therapy
• Materials for orthodontic therapy
• Materials for bone tissue engineering
• New technologies
• Research and analysis
• Fixed prosthesis
• Metal-ceramic Prosthesis
• Dentures on implants
• Full dentures
• Partial prosthesis
• Combined Prosthesis
• Legal aspects
• Materials for tooth whitening

Preprosthetic surgery and tissue engineering
• Dental implants (titanium, promoting osteointegration surface treatments)
• Tissue engineering
• growth factors
• the distraction osteogenesis
• biomaterials
• stem cells

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