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Curriculum modulesCurriculum: Dental Technician 2017/2018
| Module |
Description |
| Dental Restorations I |
1. Uses professional terminology.
2. Knows and recognizes the classifications of dental arch defects and acrylic prostheses, the indications and contraindications of prosthetic dentistry, the stages of preparing a denture.
3. Is able to produce removable acrylic partial and complete dentures according to the principles of occlusion, function and esthetics, and by choosing and using materials, apparatus and equipment according to the nature of a task.
4. Is able to describe and evaluate the work process and prepared work, analyse the success or faulty sides and its reasons.
5. Describes and documents dental restorations during the practice, technologies, resources and the teamwork experienced. |
| Dental Restorations II |
1. Uses professional terminology.
2. Knows and recognizes the classifications of dental arch defects and casted framings of partial prosthesis as well as orthodontic appliances, the indications and contraindications of prosthetic dentistry, the completing stages of denture.
3. Considers the principles of function and occlusion in preparing partial and combined prostheses and orthodontic appliances.
4. Can describe and evaluate the work process and the prepared work, to analyse the technological, instructing related and organizational causes of successful and unsuccessful works, is good at teamwork. |
| Dental Restorations III |
1. Uses professional terminology.
2. Knows and recognizes the classifications of dental defects and fixed dentures, the indications and contraindications of prosthetic dentistry,
the clinical and laboratory stages of completing dentures.
3. Can select and use materials, apparatuses and work instruments according to the work’s nature by observing instructions, requirements for safety measures.
4. Is able to produce crowns, bridge-dentures, inlays and other fixed dentures. |
| Study of Function |
1. Uses the professional terminology of esthetics, occlusion and articulation.
2. Knows and recognizes the internal relation between occlusion and chewing, between speech and the outlook of face, the principles of occlusion therapy.
3. Understands the general connections between morphology and occlusion, can differentiate the morphological structures on tooth surface and can name them.
4. Can model teeth and perform wax-ups that correspond to the tooth’s morphological features and harmonize with natural teeth, considering function, occlusion and esthetics. |
| Basics of Health Care |
1. Knows the structure and functioning of human organism, the biological basics of functioning.
2. Possesses knowledge on the post-prosthetic hygiene and diseases of teeth and oral cavity.
3. Knows the nature of pathological and genetic processes and their action mechanisms.
4. Is familiar with the main principles of legislation, public health and legislation of work health care as well as the criteria of assessing and improving the health condition of the population. |
| Professional Development |
1. Is familiar with the content of the curriculum of dental technician, with the organization of studies and practical training as well as learning and counselling system.
2. Is capable of planning and directing independent work and career as well as develop one’s learning skills.
3. Knows how to systemize and generalize what has been learnt during the curriculum subjects, apply theoretical knowledge into practice.
4. Knows how to critically analyse, discuss and defend one’s viewpoints.
5. Knows, implements and develops different communication techniques.
6. Values and uses the principles of teamwork. |
| Basics of Material and Colour Studies |
1. Knows, recognizes and uses specialty terminology.
2. Knows and recognizes the history of the materials used to produce dental prostheses, methods or producing, their physical and chemical properties based on the study of material strength.
3. Knows and recognizes the mutual suitability of the materials used, the classification of materials and is able to analyse the possible mistakes made on handling different materials.
4. Knows and recognizes the colours of light and object, wavelengths of specter colours, and can connect them with tooth shade guides and with natural tooth colours. |
| Research Methodology |
1. Can find and use reliable evidence-based scientific sources for the professional research.
2. Can analyse and report information found from different sources.
3. Knows foundations of statistics, can methodically collect data and analyse them properly.
4. Knows ethics in research and can follow this.
5. Can set professional problems, and based on the research, give recommendations for solving them. |
| Elective Subjects |
5 ECTS |
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