CURRENT APPROACHES IN AESTHETIC DENTISTRY
- Course
- PRDT607 - CURRENT APPROACHES IN AESTHETIC DENTISTRY
- Department
- Prosthodontics - English - PhD
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 4
- ECTS
- 6
- T+P+L
- 2 + 0 + 4
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
Course Description
The aim of this course is to learn the status and importance of aesthetics in prosthetic dentistry. Students will gain knowledge about the issues such as the harmony of the intraoral restorations with the face area, their appearance during smile, relationship with the surrounding tissues such as lip, cheek, chin tip and nose, metal supported porcelain restorations, full ceramic crowns, laminate applications, tooth alignment in total partial and hybrid prosthesis, materials used in restorations, and their effects on color, coloring of the restorations, the proportions according to face and surrounding tissues with each other. They will learn and be able to apply porcelain and ceramic restorations in harmony with the other intraoral structures and also with lips chin and face. Students who take this course will be able to predict and evaluate the final aesthetics before planning and fabrication of prosthetic rehabilitation.
CURRENT APPROACHES IN AESTHETIC DENTISTRY
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Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | The Importance of Aesthetics in Prosthodontics |
| Week 2 | .Golden Proportion: Prosthetic Importance |
| Week 3 | Tooth Colors, Technical Specifications, Color Selection, Evaluation |
| Week 4 | Tooth Colors, Hue, Value, Chroma |
| Week 5 | Introduction of Tooth Tones, Shading, Tooth Scales |
| Week 6 | Shade selection: Visual Methods, Tooth Shade Guides |
| Week 7 | Shade Selection: Instrumental Methods |
| Week 8 | Aesthetic Importance of Contacts and Contours of Teeth |
| Week 9 | Tooth Shapes, Sizes, Surfaces, Contours. |
| Week 10 | .Dental Estheticcs SPA Factor, Sex, Personality, Age |
| Week 11 | Aesthetics in Fixed Prostheses |
| Week 12 | Aesthetics in Partial Prostheses |
| Week 13 | Aesthetics in Total Prostheses |
| Week 14 | Implant Superstructure Prostheses and Aesthetics |
| Week 15 | Aesthetics and Illusion ın Prosthodontics |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Reddy, A Clinical Approach to Shade Selection and Communication.
- 02 R.H.W. Brodbelt et al., A comparison of tooth shape with tooth form. J Prosthet Dent (1984)
- 03 Ronald E. Goldstein: Ronald E. Goldstein's Esthetics in Dentistry 3rd Edition, Kindle Edition
- 04 Nairn H.F. Wilson: Esthetic Dentistry
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