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Chapter 1: Prosthetic Dentistry Flashcards

1
Q

Match the letters with the numbers:
A. Classical concept (no longer used)
B. Updated concept

  1. Artificial replacement of a missing part of the human body to improve its morphology and function
  2. The prosthesis aims to: restore, reconstruct, and rehabilitate. Besides trying to prevent further problems it aims to maintain the health of the remaining tissue.
A

A. 1
B. 2

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2
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What is considered the ideal prosthesis?

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Besides replacing the teeth, restoring and rehabilitating the function.
It also includes maintaining the organs and structures that remain in the mouth and the other elements of the masticatory apparatus healthy.

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What is prosthodontics?

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It is a branch of dentistry that aims to restore function (speech), comfort, aesthetic appearance and health

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The function of prosthodontics

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Restoring the natural teeth and/or replacing missing teeth and oral tissue

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5
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Prosthodontics but using artificial appliances:

A

Prosthesis

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What is the stomatognathic system?

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It is a combination of structures involved in speech, reception, mastication and deglutition

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Components of the stomatognathic system

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  • Teeth
  • Interdental articulation
  • TMJ
  • Masticatory muscles
  • Neuromuscular system
  • Tongue, lips, cheeks, mucosa
  • Vascular mucosa
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8
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What is somatology prosthesis?

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It is the rehabilitation of the stomatognathic system: mastication, phonation, deglutition and aesthetics

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9
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How are the prosthetics classified?

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  • By extension
  • For its ability to be removed by the patient
  • By manufacture materials
  • By the support
  • According to replacement structures
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10
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What are the 2 types of prosthetics according to extension?

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  • Full
  • Partial: Valplast or Flexite
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11
Q

What is the main advantage of wearing a flexible partial denture?

A

Having the invisible retainers (clasps) that surround the natural teeth

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12
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What are the types of prosthetics according to their ability to be removed by the patient?

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  • Fixed
  • Removable
  • Mixed
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13
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Fixed prosthetics are usually muco-supported. True or False

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False, it is tooth-supported

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14
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Examples of fixed prosthetics

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  • Cemented crowns
  • Onlays and inlays
  • Cast pin-stump
  • Fibre posts
  • Veneer
  • Bridge
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15
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What fixed prosthetics is able to preserve a lot of dental tissue?

A

The onlays and inlays

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16
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Example of mixed prosthetics

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  • Partial removable attachments
  • Partial removable telescopic crowns
  • Overdentures
17
Q

The partial removable telescopic crowns are the most common type of mixed prosthetics used. True or False

A

False, they are not popular anymore

18
Q

Example of prosthetics according to manufacturing material

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  • Metallic (cast)
  • Acrylic resin
19
Q

What is thicker and more aesthetic the metallic or the acrylic resin prosthetic?

A

The acrylic resin

20
Q

Examples of prosthetics according to support

A
  • Muco-supported
  • Tooth-supported
  • Dento-muco-supported (retainer or clasp contacting an abutment tooth)
  • Implant-supported
21
Q

What is an abutment?

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It is a tooth entitled to support our prosthesis, they can be fixed or removable

22
Q

Examples of prosthetics according to the replacement structures

A
  • Dental prosthesis
  • Dentofacial prosthesis
23
Q

An example of dentofacial prosthesis

A

Cleft palate obturator

24
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What is considered the “future” of prosthesis

A

To see the mouth as a whole:
- Not only to restore the missing teeth
- Fixed prosthesis
- Soft tissue
- Aesthetic
- Occlusal pathology
- TMJ

25
Q

What other branches of dentistry have a relationship with prosthetics?

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  1. Conservative dentistry: restorations and reconstructions for later stump preparations
  2. Endodontics
  3. Periodontics: restoration of periodontal health
  4. Surgery: extractions and pre-prosthetic surgery
  5. Orthodontics: complex malpositioned teeth cases
  6. Occlusion and TMJ: the restoration of TMJ health by the acute treatment symptoms
26
Q

What branches of dentistry should we consult before carrying out the prosthesis?

A

Periodontics and Orthodontics

27
Q

What branch of dentistry should we consult before carrying out a crown?

A

Conservative dentistry

28
Q

The aim of carrying out the prosthesis according to occlusion and TMJ

A

To have a proper maxilla-mandibular relationship

29
Q

If our teeth are not well positioned, we will have problems with our TMJ. True or False

A

True

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