Missing teeth - what to do? Plastic dentures, sticky bridges or implants. (CPD-BRAD09DEC17)

AvailabilityCourse has taken place
SubjectRestorative dentistry
DescriptionInteractive seminars discussing options for missing teeth including dentures, bridges, implants.
VenueRoom TBC, Great Victoria Hotel, Bradford  View details
Date & timeSaturday 9 December 2017, 09:00 to 16:30
LecturersMr Ahmed Al-Khayatt & Rahat Ali  View details
Target audience

Mandatory: Dental Therapist (£25.00pp discount), or Dentist

Course styleLecture
CategoryClinical course
CateringRefreshments and lunch
Development outcomeNo development outcome
CPD hours6:00
Cost£50.00 (subject to discounts, see Target audience above)
Aims
  • To comprehensively discuss the contemporary advantages, disadvantages and indications for the use of removable dentures (partials and completes), bridgework (conventional and adhesive) and implant supported superstructures in Restorative Dentistry.
Objectives

After the presentation, delegates should:

  • Be able to clinically assess a partially or completely dentate patient and appreciate whether a fixed or removable prosthesis is indicated to replace any missing teeth.
  • Have an understanding of when a partial or complete denture may be indicated to rehabilitate a patient.
  • Understand how to prosthetically rehabilitate a gagging patient with a removable training plate.
  • Appreciate the indications, design features and limitations of adhesive bridge work.
  • Understand the uses, advantages and disadvantages of conventional bridgework.
  • Appreciate how dental implants can be used to restore single unit spaces, small spans and complete arches.
  • Understand the maintenance requirements and longevity of adhesive bridge work, conventional bridgework and implant retained superstructures.