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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:5 / 7.5
Course supervisor:Sintija Miļuna-Meldere
Study type:Full time
Course level:Master's
Target audience:Dentistry
Language:English
Branch of science:Clinical Medicine; Oral Medicine

Objective

To develop students' skills in the clinic, diagnosing oral cavity pathology in a patient, using modern technologies, making a simple dental treatment plan for a real patient; to develop skills and abilities in clinical work by performing dentures on patients.

Prerequisites

Successfully completed study course Preclinical Course in Prosthetic Dentistry IV (ZPK_025).
Successfully completed study course Prosthetic Dentistry - Clinic ZPK_015 (4.7.)
Successfully completed study course Dental anatomy, craniofacial aspects of physics and bio-materials, medical emergency, radiology, normal physiology, oral pathology diagnosis, clinical pharmacology, prosthodontics clinic dental technical laboratory.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

On successful study course completion the students will be able to define the patient's problem and be able to explain the treatment plan in prosthetics for simple clinical situations. Students will be able to describe the stages of treatment, the applied treatment technology and the used materials, prosthetics tools, removable and non-removable making dentures. Will use knowledge of the use of digital technology in dentistry.

Skills

On successful study course completion students will be able to develop a simple clinical situations treatment plan in dental prosthetics and make prosthetic non-removable and removable dentures, working through the simple steps of clinical situations. Will know how to use intraoral scanners.

Competence

By developing a treatment plan students will be able to properly organize clinically obtained information, process and interpret it. When working with patients in clinic, students will be able to solve a variety of problem situations, making dental prosthetics in simple clinical situations. Students will be evaluate the use of intraoral scanners in various clinical situations.

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