Complete Dentures

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. link the knowledge from prosthetic technique to the more clinically complex aspects of complete denture practice; 2. appreciate the peculiarities of elderly patients who usually require complete dentures; 3. explain techniques for optimising the fractured, worn or otherwise damaged complete dentures; and 4. discuss recent advances in complete denture prescription.

Review of prosthetic techniques. Review of clerkship, with emphasis on clerking the prosthodontic patient. The elderly edentulous patient. Assessment of the complete denture patient. Delivery and review appointments. Repair, reline and rebase of complete dentures. Difficult situations with complete dentures. Implant supported complete dentures. Overdentures.