TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	1
SEMESTER	Second Year
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	2
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Professor Selim Erkut Associate Professor Özlem Orman Instructor Cem Çetinşahin
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) will be able to understand the general working principles of removable partial dentures, total dentures and fixed prosthodontics and construction phases of these prosthesis
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Working principles, construction phases and general approaches on removable partial dentures, total dentures and fixed prosthodontics.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction to removable dentures-examination, anatomical structures and oral preparations prior to total prosthodontics 2nd Week Impression techniques for total dentures 3rd Week Jaw relation records, wax walls 4th Week Selection and arrangement of artificial teeth 5th Week Selection and arrangement of artificial teeth 6th Week Base materials for total dentures 7th Week Retention and stability of total dentures 8th Week Debate 9th Week Debate 10th Week Introduction to removable partial dentures, defining terms and classification 11th Week Analysis of study models-surveyor and measurement 12th Week Pieces of removable partial dentures-Clasps 13th Week Internal and external crown retatiners (clasps) 14th Week Biomechanics of removable partial dentures 15th Week Removable partial denture planning 16th Week Removable partial denture planning 17th Week Other retainer types 18th Week Laboratory procedures of removable partial dentures 19th Week Anterior teeth preparation principles 20th Week Impression, dies 21th Week Jaw relation records of fixed prosthodontics 22th Week Metal coping design (individual crowns) 23th Week Investment-casting of fixed prosthodontics 24th Week Finishing-degassing 25th Week Porcelain placing techniques 26th Week Porcelain finishing-glazing 27th Week Metal-porcelain bonding 28th Week Metal-porcelain bonding 29th Week Failure causes for porcelain fused to metal crowns 30th Week Failure causes for porcelain fused to metal crowns 31th Week Other porcelain types
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	(1) RM Basher, JC Davenport Prosthetic Treatment of the Edentolous Patient Blackwell-Munksgaard Publishing 4th ed, 2002. (2) A Haperin, GN Graper, GS Rogoff, EJ Pleakovic Mastering the Art of Complete Dentures Quintessence Publishing Co, 4th ed, 1988. (3) S Winkler Essentials of Complete Denture Prosthodontics PSG Publishing 2nd ed, 1988. (4) DJ Lamb Problems and Solutions in Complete Denture Prosthodontics Quintessence Publishing 1993. (5) Herbert T. Shillinburg. Fundamentals of Fixed Prosthodontics 3rd ed. Quintessence Publishing Co, 1997 (6) John W. McLean. The Science and Art of Dental Ceramics Volume I ve II. Quintessence Publishing Co, 1982 (7) Stanley D. Tylman, Theory and practice of crown and fixed partial prosthodonitcs (bridge) Mosby, 6th ed, 1970 (8) Stephen F.Rosenstiel, Martin F. Land, Junhei Fujimoto Contemporary Fixed Prosthodontics Mosby, 4th ed, 2006 (9) Ulusoy M, Aydın K. Diş Hekimliğinde Hareketli Bölümlü Protezler Ankara;2003 (10) Carr AB, McGivney GP, Brown DT. McCrackens Removable Partial Prosthodontics Mosby; 11th ed, 2005. (11) Sonugelen M, Artunç C. Ağız protezleri ve biyomekanik. İzmir; 2002. (12) Graber G, Removable Partial Dentures, Color Atlas of Dental Medicine, Thieme Medical; 1988
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 2 60 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No