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This article describes a seminar/case-based, instructional model designed to simulate removable partial denture (RPD) problem-solving and decision-making processes encountered in third-year clinic in dental school and in dental general practice. Groups of approximately 20 second-year students (in the 3-year program) meet in a series of six 1-hour seminars during the first days of the course. Following the seminars, students complete an exercise on mouth preparation and multiple clasp and major connector designs on prototype casts. This is followed by survey-design exercises on casts of dentitions representing six variations of RPD requirements. Instructors assist students during the practice phase of each class. Each 2-hour practice session is followed by a 1-hour practical examination. The last day of the course is devoted to a comprehensive final practical examination on both maxillary and mandibular casts, incorporating any of the design features previously studied.
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Prótese Parcial Removível , Educação em Odontologia/métodos , Aprendizagem Baseada em Problemas , Prostodontia/educação , Currículo , Humanos , Ensino/métodos , Estados UnidosRESUMO
This project, conducted by the Removable Prosthodontic faculty, compared the mesiodistal widths of the six maxillary anterior teeth with the widths of denture teeth from six different denture tooth manufacturers. Four hundred eighty-eight casts of dental students were measured from the distal aspect of each canine across the facial surfaces of the six anterior teeth with a flexible plastic millimeter rule. Denture teeth from six manufacturers were compared (370 molds). The results indicated that denture teeth are predominantly smaller and natural teeth are larger.
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Dente Canino/anatomia & histologia , Planejamento de Dentadura , Incisivo/anatomia & histologia , Dente Artificial , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Odontometria , Caracteres Sexuais , Propriedades de SuperfícieRESUMO
This is the second part of a project conducted by the Removable Prosthodontic Faculty to compare the length and width of the maxillary central incisor with the length and width of the face. In this article, gender of the students was the main consideration. Three hundred fifty men and 138 women students participated in the project.
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Planejamento de Dentadura , Face/anatomia & histologia , Incisivo/anatomia & histologia , Dente Artificial , Adulto , Cefalometria , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Maxila , Odontometria , Fatores SexuaisRESUMO
A project was devised by the removable prosthodontic faculty to determine clinically if there is a correlation between the length and width of the maxillary central incisor on a cast and the length and width of the face. A millimeter gauge was used to measure the lengths and widths of the maxillary incisor on a cast. The Trubyte tooth indicator was selected to measure the length and width of the face. This tooth indicator is designed for calibration of the 16 to 1 ratio between facial dimension and maxillary central incisors.
