Course content:
The program out line addresses the knowledge, procedural and operative skills needed in prosthodontic practice. A minimum of 3 years of formal training through a graded system of education as specified will enable the trainee to practice prosthodontics competently and have the necessary skills/ knowledge to update themselves with advancements in the field. The course content has been identified and categorized as Essential knowledge as given under.

Essential knowledge :
The topics to be considered are: Basic sciences, Prosthodontics, Specialty topics

Basic Sciences:

• A through knowledge on the applied aspects of Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pathology and Microbiology. Biomaterial Sciences and Research Methodology as related to prosthodontics.
• It is desirable to have adequate knowledge in Bio-statistics and Research Methodology. Nutrition and use of computers and to develop necessary teaching skills in prosthodontics.

Prosthodontics : Removable and fixed prosthodontics, Maxillo facial Prosthetics, Implants, Temporo-Mandibular disorders and Prosthodontics management.

• Complete Dentures
  Basic Anatomy and Physiology: Biomechanics of the edentulous stat, Residual ridge resorption. Communicating with the patient: Understanding the patients instructing the patient.
  Diagnosis and treatment planning for patients:
  1. With some teeth remaining
  2. With no teeth remaining: Mental attitude, Systemic status. Local factor, the geriatric patient, and Diagnostic procedures, Articulators – discussion in detail, including historical perspective. Improving the patient’s denture foundation and ridge relation.
     • Pre-operative examination
     • Initial hard tissue & soft tissue procedure
     • Secondary hard & soft tissue procedure
     • Implant procedure
     • Congenital deformities
     • Postoperative procedure.
• Rehabilitation of the edentulous patient
  1. Impressions:
     • Muscles of facial expression
     • Biologic considerations for maxillary and mandibular impression including anatomy landmark and their interpretation.
     • Impression objectives
     • Impression materials
     • Impression techniques
     • Maxillary and mandibular impression procedures
     • Laboratory procedures involved with impression making.
  2. Biological consideration in jaw relation & jaw movements – craniomandibular relations.
     • Mandibular movements
     • Maxillo-mandibular relation including vertical and horizontal jay relations.
     • Concept of occlusion
     • Gnathology
  3. Record bases and occlusion rims.
     • Materials & techniques
     • Useful guidelines and ideal parameters
     • Recording and transferring bases and occlusal rims
  4. Relating the patient to the articulator.
     • Hinge axis location techniques
     • Terminal hinge axis and arbitrary hinge axis
     • Face bow detailed discussion – types & uses
     • Face bow transfer procedure
  5. Recording maxillo – mandibular relation.
     • Vertical relations
     • Centric relation records
     • Eccentric relation records
     • Lateral relation records
  6. Tooth selection and arrangement.
     1. Anterior teeth
     2. Posterior teeth
     3. Esthetic and functional harmony
  7. Relating inclination of teeth to concept of occlusion.
     1. Neutrocentric concept’
     2. Balanced occlusal concept
  8. Trial dentures.
  9. Laboratory procedures.
     1. Wax contouring
     2. Investing ofdentures
     3. Preparing of mold
     4. Preparing & packing acrylic resin
     5. Processing of dentures
     6. Recovery of dentures
     7. Lab remount procedures
     8. Recovering the complete denture from the cast.
     9. Finishing and polishing the complete denture
     10. Plaster cast for clinical denture remount procedure
  10. Denture insertion
      1. Insertion procedures
      2. Clinical errors
      3. Correcting occlusal disharmony
      4. Selective grinding procedure

REMOVABLE PARTICAL DENTURES:

• Introduction: Terminologies and classification
• Components of a removable partial denture: Major connectors, Minor connectors, Rest and rest seats.
• Components of a removable partial Denture : Direct retainers, indirect retainers, and tooth replacement
• Principles of Removable Partial Design
• Examination and evaluation of diagnostic data
• Survey and design – in detail: Surveyor, Surveying, and Survey lines, Tripodin. Designing
• I-Bar removable partial denture
• Mouth preparation and master cast
• Impression materials and procedures for removable partial dentures: Special reference to distal extension bases.
• Preliminary jaw relation and esthetic try-in for some anterior replacement teeth.
• Laboratory procedures for framework construction
• Fitting the framework
• Special impression procedures for tooth-tissue supported removable partial denture
• Established occlusal relationships
• Try-in and completion of the partial denture
• Delivering the removable partial denture
• Post insertion observations
• Temporary and immediate removable partial denture
• Complete denture opposing removable partial dentures
• Other forms of the removable partial dentures
• Relining, rebasing, and repairing the removable partial dentures.
• Attachments for removable partial denture
• Removable partial denture in maxillofacial prosthetics
• Removable partial denture for the older adult.

FIXEDPARTIAL DENTURES:

• Introduction
• Fundamentals of occlusion
• Articulators
• Inter occlusal records
• Articulation of casts
• Treatment planning for single too the restorations
• Treatment planning for the replacement of missing teeth
• Fixed partial denture configurations
• Principals of tooth preparations
• Preparations for full veneer crowns.
• Preparations for partial veneer crowns
• Preparations of intracoronal restorations
• Preparations for extensively damaged teeth
• Preparations for periodontally weakened teeth
• Provisional restorations
• Fluid control and soft tissue management
• Impressions
• Working casts and dies
• Wax patterns
• The functionally generated path technique
• Investing and casting
• Finishing and cementation
• Esthetic considerations
• All- ceramic restorations
• Metal-ceramic restorations
• pontics and edentulous ridges
• Solder joints and other connectors
• resing – Bonded fixed partials denture

Recommended and Reference Books pertaining to:

PROSTHODONTICS, AESTHETIC DENTISTRY AND ORAL IMPLANTOLOGY

Complete Dentures & Removable Partial Dentures Related

1. Hand Book of immediate over dentures by Robert
2. Over denture by Allen
3. Occlusal correction principles and practice by John
4. Immediate and replacement dentures by Albert
5. A color atlas of complete denture fabrication by Muraoka
6. Dental laboratory procedures removable partial dentures by Rudd
7. Finishing and polishing, the frame work by Rudd

Fixed Partial Dentures Related

1. Management of endodontically teeth by Shillingburg
2. Contemporary fixed prosthodontics by Stephen Rosenstiel
3. Precision attachments by Gareth
4. A color atlas of ceramo-metal technology by Kuwata
5. Esthetics of anterior fixed prosthodontics by Gerald

Maxillofacial & Implant Related

1. Contemporary implant dentistry by Misch
2. A color atlas of The Brancmark system or oral reconstruction by George. A Zarb
3. Dental Implants color atlas fundamentals and Advance laboratory technology by Robert
4. Maxillofacial rehabilitation –(prosthodontic and surgical consideration) by John Buemer III

Temporo Mandibular Joint & Occlusion

1. Evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of Occlussal problems by Peter Dawson
2. management of T.M.J. Disorders & occlusion by Jeffrey. J. Okeson

Prosthodontics.

1. Dental materials propertics & manifestations by William O. Brien
2. Prosthodontics treatment for edentulous patient by Boucher
3. Syllabus of complete denture by Heartwell
4. Dental secrets by Stephen
5. Inlays crown & bridges by Krantirowich
6. Advanced Restorative Dentistry by Bacom
7. Oral Implantology by Andre
8. Prosthetic rehabilitation by Keith Thomas
9. Implants in Dentistry by Michael. S Block
10. Occlusion principles and concepts by Jose Dos Santos JR
11. Fixed and removable prosthodontics by Bardy
12. Sectional Dentures – A clinical and treatment manual by Pullen
13. Laboratory procedures for full and partial dentures by Derek Stannought
14. Laboratory procedures for Inlays, crown and bridges by Derek Stannought
15. The science and art of – dental ceramics Vol. I & II by John McLcan
16. Mastering the are of complete dentures by Alexander
17. Oral rehabilitation & clinical determination of occlusion by Hobo
18. Dental Laboratory procedures in complete dentures – Vol. I and II by Robert John
19. Precision fixed prosthodontics – Clinical & Laboratory aspects by Martignoni
20. Endosteal Dental Implant by Ralph Mackenny
21. Metal ceramic crown and fixed partial dentures by Caloin
22. Fixed bridge prosthetics by Roberts
23. Color atlas of removable partial dentures by J.C.Devenport
24. Essentials of – Clinical dental Assisting by Joseph
25. Fundamentals of – removable partial dentures by Owen
26. Modern dental assisting by Torres
27. Over dentures made easily by Harold
28. Designing partial dentures by David
29. laboratory manual for fixed partial dentures by Dougla
30. Oral Rehabilitation by Sumiya
31. Advance removable partial dentures by James Brudvik
32. Porcelain and composite Inlays and On lays by Graber and Goldstein
33. Implant therapy by Myron
34. Adhesive metal free restorations by Dietschi and Spreafico
35. Guided bone regeneration – in implant dentistry by Daniel Buser
36. Impressions for complete denture by Bernard Levin
37. Esthetic dentistry and ceramic restorations by Bernard Tauti.
38. Preservation and restoration of tooth structures by Graham J.Mount
39. Dental implants by Winkehnan
40. Partial Dentures by Singer
41. Ceramo metal fixed partial denture by George
42. Esthetic Dentistry – ceramic restoranons by Toralic
43. Esthetic in Dentistry by Goldstein

Journals pertaining to Prosthodontics, Aesthetic dentistry & oral implantalogy

1. International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants
2. International Journal of Prosthodontics
3. Journal of Dental Materials
4. Journal of Esthetic Dentistry
5. Journal of Geriatric Dentistry
6. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
7. Journal of Prosthodontics
8. International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
9. Journal of Clinical Periodontology
10. Journal of Periodontology
11. Dental Technician.
12. Journal of Endodontics
13. European Journal of prosthetics & Restorative Dentistry
14. The Journal of Adhesive Dentistry
15. International Journal of Endodontics
16. Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery