In this course, students will create complete, partial and immediate dentures, as well as overdentures. The course will include working with these dentures in a variety of situations and degrees of difficulty. Maxillofacial prostheses will also be discussed. Traditional and digital applications will be integrated into the design and fabrication processes.
Prerequisites
DENT 1210, DENT 1240, DENT 1250, DENT 1260, DENT 1270, DENT 1280.
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What you will learn
- Concepts and principles related to creating Class 1 complete dentures (Analog and Digital)
- Introduction to semi-adjustable articulators
- Introduction to facebows and intraoral Gothic Arch tracing system
- Concepts and principles when creating removable partial, immediate and over dentures (Analog and Digital)
- Principles of rotational path of insertion for removable partial dentures
- Concepts and principles of complete and partial denture repairs.
How to register
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
Course schedules
Select your program to see the available course schedules.
Contact us
If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.
† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.