PROSTHODONTICS EXAM PREPARATION SUMMARY (ORE & LDS) WITH STUDY FOCUS
Exam Strategy:
- Prioritize understanding of complete denture complaints and problems, anatomical landmarks, and mandibular movements.
- Master the concepts of occlusion, articulator types, and facebow usage.
- Familiarize yourself with crown preparation principles, crown-root ratios, and Ante’s law.
- Learn the different types of fixed prosthodontic crowns, Kennedy classification, and pontic types.
- Understand the principles of resistance, support, and retention in removable partial dentures.
- Review immediate denture steps, indirect retention, and the RPI system.
- If time permits, delve into the details of facebow usage.
- Give a quick read chapter Repairing/replacing teeth from oxford clinical book.
High-Yield Topics:
- Complete Dentures:
- Complaints and problems: Common issues faced by patients (e.g., loose dentures, sore spots, clicking), their causes, and management strategies
- Anatomical landmarks: Identification and significance of landmarks relevant to denture fabrication (e.g., retromolar pad, buccal shelf, hamular notch)
- Mandibular movements: Protrusive, lateral, retrusive movements, border movements, Posselt’s diagram
- Occlusion and Articulators:
- Fundamentals of occlusion: Centric relation, centric occlusion, maximum intercuspation
- Articulator types: Non-adjustable, semi-adjustable, fully adjustable
- Facebow: Purpose, types, procedure (basic understanding)
- Crown and Bridge:
- Crown preparation principles: Taper, clearance, margin design
- Crown-root ratio: Ideal ratios for different tooth types, clinical implications
- Ante’s law: Relationship between abutment teeth and pontics, clinical significance
- Fixed prosthodontic crown types: Fixed-fixed, fixed-movable, resin-bonded, cantilever, indications for each
- Kennedy classification: Classification of partially edentulous arches
- Pontic types: Ridge lap, modified ridge lap, ovate, sanitary, hygienic, indications for each
- Removable Partial Dentures (RPDs):
- Resistance, support, and retention: Definitions, factors influencing each, design principles
- Components of Co-Cr RPDs: Major and minor connectors, rests, clasps, denture base
- Surveying and undercuts: Importance, techniques, undercut amounts for different materials
- Immediate dentures: Indications, steps in fabrication
- Indirect retention: RPI system, purpose and components
- Overdentures:
- Indications, advantages, and disadvantages
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