Overview

This two-day course will look at the principles of partial denture construction.

The course will highlight the knowledge and skills you need to assess and treat patients requiring removable partial dentures, including developing a treatment plan.

Please note: You can also take a related two-day course focusing on complete dentures.

Course content

This removable partial dentures course will cover the following:

• Update on biological considerations
• Review of design principles
• Clinical treatment sequencing
• Useful clinical tips and problem solving
• Treatment sequencing when integrating fixed and removable prostheses
• Integrating aesthetics and function
• Importance of tooth preparation and surveying
• Replacing missing anterior teeth
• Replacing missing teeth with partial dentures: the fixed-removable interface and the metal framework try-in
• Practical session: denture-design exercises
• Laboratory aspects: repairs, relines, additions, rebasing

Who this course is for

The course is aimed at general dental practitioners who want to improve and enhance their skills in complete denture construction.

You must hold an approved dental qualification.

Teaching and structure

This course runs over 2 days.

You'll learn through a combination of:

• lectures
• hands-on sessions in clinical skills labs

CPD points and certificate

You'll get 13 hours of verifiable CPD and a certificate of attendance on completing the course.

Cost

The fees are £695. (The complete dentures course also costs £695.)

Quality controls

All Eastman teachers are experienced professionals. You'll be asked to submit written feedback via a questionnaire at the end of the course, which is used to monitor the course's quality of teaching and value for money.

Refunds

Please read the Eastman's refunds policy before booking.

Course team

Dr Pranay Sharma

Pranay joined the UCL Eastman Dental Institute in London in 2000 and completed a four-year specialist training program in fixed and removable prosthodontics, with distinction for his clinical case presentations. He was subsequently awarded the MRD, the highest formal qualification available for the prosthodontic speciality, by the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Pranay is the programme director for the Removable Prosthodontic Programmes and is a part-time clinical lecturer in prosthodontics and implant dentistry at the Eastman, where he also runs hands-on courses in removable prosthodontics for dentists. Pranay is an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons of England and an internal examiner for the restorative master’s course at the Eastman.

Course information last modified: 30 Nov 2022, 16:01