Curricular Unit:			Code:
Prosthodontics III			841PRO3
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
4	Master	Dentistry	4 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Spring Semester		Portuguese/English	52
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
The objectives are to prepare students to treatment plan for oral rehabilitation focusing in preserving and maintaining the oral structures and functions balanced with removable partial and or complete dentures. Emphasis on the biological considerations hygiene and maintenance of removable dentures is given to students.
Syllabus:
Introduction to Fixed Prosthodontics; Diagnosis and Treatment Planning; Principles of Abutment Preparation; Preparation for full-coverage Crowns; Impressions and Master Cast Model; Laboratory Proceedings in Fixed Prosthodontics; Alloys in Fixed Prosthodontics; Ceramics in Fixed Prosthodontics; Metal Alloys in Fixed Proshodontics; Provisional Restorations
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
The contents are organized in a integrated perspective. The student will be able to apply in the clinical component all the theoretical and laboratory skills that he learned in the previous disciplines (Prostondontia I and II). The theoretical component will initiate the student in the field of Fixed Prosthodontics, and the laboratory component will allow him to apply the mechanical and biological principles involved in the fabrication of a fixed prosthesis.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
The type of evaluation will be continuous. The theoretical component will be evaluated trough a written test. The clinical evaluation will be based in the specific criteria that will be transmitted to the students. Each evaluation will have a quoficcient: -1/2 theoretical evaluation -1/2 clinica evaluation. In each component the student must have a minimum classification of 10.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
Teaching and learning methods aim the knowledge of the contents referred to in the syllabus, reaching the targeted goals and competencies.
Reading:
1- Schillinburg H. et al. Princípios básicos en las preparaciones dentárias. Quintessence books 2000. 2- Schillinburg H. et al. Fundamentos essenciales en Protesis Fija. 3º ed. Quintessence books 2000. 3- Pegoraro L. F. Prótese Fixa. Série APCD. Artes médicas-divisão odontológica. 4- Chiche G. Prótesis fija estética en dientes anteriores. Ed. Masson 1998. 5- Craig R. Materiales de odontologia restauradora. 10ªed. Harcourt Brace 1998. 6- Santana Penín U. Restauración prostodóncica del complejo dentina-raíz. Quintesence books 1999 7- Artigos diversos a fornecer pelo docente responsável durante as aulas teóricas