Fixed Prosthodontics (FPRO)

Fundamentals of cast gold restorations, including preparation of teeth, impressions, casts and dies, wax patterns, investing, and casting.

A continuation of FPRO 8301, including tooth preparations, fabrication of posterior mandibular bridge, partial fabrication of maxillary anterior bridge, fabrication of dowel core, atypical preparations on extracted teeth and treatment planning.

Prerequisites: None May be repeated; maximum credit 1.5 hours. Year long course Application of knowledge and skills gained from previous prerequisite courses to patients, including diagnosis and treatment planning and the development of skill in fabricating precision cast restorations that will function in a biologic environment.

Topics of special nature or of unusual interest to the individual student. May be repeated with change of subject matter.