Complex Removable Prosthodontic Rehabilitations and Geriatric Prosthodontics

Course Information
TitleΣΥΝΘΕΤΕΣ ΚΙΝΗΤΕΣ ΠΡΟΣΘΕΤΙΚΕΣ ΑΠΟΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΕΙΣ - ΓΗΡΟΔΟΝΤΟΠΡΟΣΘΕΤΙΚΗ / Complex Removable Prosthodontic Rehabilitations and Geriatric Prosthodontics
Code145
FacultyHealth Sciences
SchoolDentistry
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CoordinatorArgirios Pissiotis
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID240000518

Class Information
Academic Year2021 – 2022
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Class ID
600190501
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Background
  • General Knowledge
  • Scientific Area
  • Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Complex Removable Prosthodontics (Winter Semester) Upon completion of this course the student will be able to know at a dianosis and treatment planning level as well as at a clinical and laboratory level the prerequisits of the construction of complex removable prostheses such as immediate complete dentures, tooth supported complete overdentures,combination of fixed and removable partial dentures utilizing precision and semiprecision attachments and removable implant retained/supported prostheses such as two implant retained mandibular overdentures,three or four implant supported maxillary and mandibular overdentures and fixed detachable implant supported prostheses. Geriatric Prosthodontics (Spring Semester) Upon completion of this course the student is able to differentiate a geriatric patient from the adult population and also various treatment modalities in order to apply the best suitable treatment plan and management to these patients.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course is devided in two parts one for each semester.The Winter Semester (9th Semester)is about the Complex Removable Prosthodontics with responsible faculty member Prof. Argirios Pissiotis and the Spring Semester (1oth Semester)which is about Geriatric Prosthodontics with responsible faculty member Prof. Vassiliki Anastassiadou. The two courses are examined together at the end of the Spring (10th) Semester COMPLEX REMOVABLE PROSTHODONTICS : The main objective of this course is the understanding of the theoretical principles governing the construction of complex removable prostheses.The objective of the clinical work is the development of skills necessary in the fabrication of complex removable prostheses. GERIATRIC PROSTHODONTICS Aim of the course: Preparing undergraduate students for providing the elderly dental patients with extensive and total tooth loss , as professionals, high quality dental care and prosthetic treatment according to European Dental Education requirements in terms of knowledge, skills and attitudes as described to profile and competence of European Dentist and WHO recommendations Objectives ( Learning outcome): Preparing students to treat elderly dental patients, in terms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, using currently and widely applied dynamic techniques such as neutral zone recording, copying dentures in use.
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures1
Clinical Practice4
Total5
Student Assessment
Description
Multiple choice exams at the end of the Spring Semester
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Summative)
  • Clinical Examination of Patient (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Άμεσες Οδοντοστοιχίες Π. Οικονόμου Κλινική Προπαιδεία Ολικών οδοντοστοιχιών Μέρος 9ο 1. Β. Αναστασιάδου, Ν. Καφαντάρης (2008) - Γηροδοντοπροσθετική. 2. Η. Καρκαζής, Γ. Πολυζώης, (2008) - Εισαγωγή στην Γηροδοντιατρική και Γναθοπροσωπική Προσθετική
Additional bibliography for study
Επένθετες Οδοντοστοιχίες Ε. Διακογιάννη-Μορδοχάι (Σημειώσεις
Last Update
19-09-2013