Lectures and live demonstration on a patient by Finlay Sutton
I absolutely love providing partial dentures for my patients as they are often life changing. I will show you how to make partial dentures function like “removable bridges” and prove that they are viable alternatives to dental implant supported restorations. In addition, I will demonstrate that well designed and made partial dentures can have superior aesthetics over fixed restorations. I will share with you the techniques and methods Rowan Garstang (my dental technician) and I use to achieve predictable results with removable prosthodontics. We provide a special form of partial denture design which is based around a solid chassis (major connector) which splints mobile teeth protecting the periodontium of the remaining natural teeth as much as possible. I will show you how I design and manage all combinations of missing teeth. As well as discussing tooth positioning and partial denture occlusion I will show you how I make accurate impressions and record the occlusion, using gothic arch tracing (in a live demonstration on a patient) enabling Rowan to make accurately fitting partial dentures.
This day is aimed at dentists, clinical dental technicians and dental technicians consisting of a live patient demonstration and lectures abundantly illustrated with step by step photographs and videos of all procedures
Aims, objectives and anticipated outcomes:
- Making partial dentures as stable, comfortable and secure as possible
- A good understanding of a step by step design sequence
- Optimising the aesthetics of partial dentures
- Making accurate impressions of the hard and soft tissues for cobalt chromium castings
- Record occlusal relations accurately using gothic arch tracing
- Designing partial dentures to limit periodontal damage
- Be able to adjust partial dentures, without compromising their fit and making gaps between teeth and the denture
- Make partial dentures fit and work like removable bridges
- Designing dentures for future tooth failure and additions
- Have happier patients with improved outcomes
- Better communication between dentist, CDT and dental technician
- Increased professional satisfaction and rekindle your enthusiasm for partial dentures
Programme:
Course Details:
Morning Session
| 8.30 - 9.00 | Registration and refreshments |
| 9.00 – 11.15 | Partial denture design, impression making, occlusal registration using rims and gothic arch tracing |
| 11.15 – 11.30 | Coffee Break |
| 11.30 – 13.00 | Patient demonstration impression making, registration and gothic arch tracing |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch Break |
Afternoon Session:
| 14.00 - 15.00 | Finlay’s case presentations – delegates practice designing for each case |
| 15.00 – 15.15 | Coffee Break |
| 15.15 – 17.00 | Finlay’s case presentations – delegates practice designing for each case |
