Tallinn Health Care College
Subject 'Practice acrylic denture'Name in Estonian: Praktika AP
AimStudent is able to construct acrylic removable partial and complete dentures.
Study outcomeAfter the practice, student:
1. Understands and uses professional terminology in practice documentation and during the presentation of report; 2. Considers the principles of function, occlusion and aesthetics when constructing acrylic dentures; 3. Is able to choose and use materials, appliances and equipment according to the nature of work, while following guidelines and requirements for safety and environmental sustainability; 4. Is able to construct denture bases and individual spoons for partial and complete dentures; 5. Knows the construction and work principles of articulator and is able to fix work models into an articulator; 6. Is able to determine the tooth equator and location of clamp with a parallelometer and to bend clamps; 7. Is able to remodel out of wax base, considering the functional, aesthetic and hygienic requirements and the anatomy of the mouth; 8. Is able to fix acrylic teeth on bases according to morphological characteristics and the rules for stacking teeth, is able to make denture repairs and to rebase; 9. Knows the different methods for flacking and polymerisation and is able to flack a sample with teeth, pick a suitable acrylic and place a flack. 10. Knows and is familiar with different instruments and equipment for treating and finishing dentures and is able to treat acrylic denture plates after polymerisation; 11. Describes and evaluates work process and the completed work, analyses the technological, organisational and supervision-related reasons behind successes and failures; 12. Is able to document and describe work environment, supervision, work organisation, technologies, completed dental restorations, problem solving etc in practice report. Is taught in following curricula2016: HT 2015: HT 2014: HT 2013: HT
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