A few days ago on my Instagram account (www.instagram.com/odontology.student) a person named wrote me that he needs an information about prosthodontics. I am really happy that finally someone decided to ask me for it - I mean, that's why I created this blog! So today I decided to make a short introduction to prosthodontology.
Prosthodontology is the branch of dentistry concerned with construction of artificial appliances designed to restore and maintain oral function by replacing missing teeth and sometimes other oral structures or parts of the face.
The ADA (American Dental Assosiation) has defined prosthodontics as “the dental specialty pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment planning, rehabilitation and maintenance of oral function, comfort, appearance and health of patients with clinical conditions associated with missing or deficient teeth and/or oral and maxillofacial tissues using biocompatible substitutes.”
A prosthodontist has three years of extended training in several areas of restorative dentistry, including dental implants, crowns, bridges, complete dentures, partial dentures, esthetics, occlusion, and facial and dental birth developmental defects. As you can see it is super wide specialty which you can talk and write about really a lot, so I decided each time to write a different article related with prosthetics: planning and preparation, clinical procedures such as major and minor connectors, dentures, the metal-ceramic crown preparation, implant-supported fixed prostheses, evaluation, characterization and glazing, luting agents and cementation procedures, postoperative care, etc. and laboratory procedures, for example, wax patterns, pontic designs, retainers for partial removable dental prosthesis, metal-ceramic restoration and more.
As requested, I am also planning to make a separate post about other specialists in prosthodontology who can provide you with some additional information.
There are many different books on the Internet and in most libraries in the universities where you can find a lot of information about this field. I will use mostly the information from the books below:
“Comtemporary Fixed Prosthodontics” Fifth Edition by Stephen F. Rosenstiel, BDS, MSD; Martin F. Land, DDS, MSD; Junhei Fujimoto, DDS, MSD, DDSc
McCracken’s “Removable Partial Prosthodontics”Eleventh Edition by Alan B. Carr, DMD, MS, FACP; Glen P. McGivney, DDS, FACD; David T. Brown, DDS, MS;
“Fundamentals of Fixed Prosthodontics” Fourth Edition by Herbert T. Shillingburg, Jr, DDS; David A. Sather, DDS; Edwin L. Wilson, Jr, DDS, MEd; Joseph R. Cain, DDS, MS; Donald L. Mitchell, DDS, MS; Luis J. Blanco, DMD, MS; James C. Kessler, DDS;
You can also search "Prosthodontics" on Youtube where you can watch various videos. Here is one of them (OLDIE BUT A GOLDIE):
You can also find many information, ebooks just by searching for it on Google. Scientific articles might be find on www.PubMed.com
P.S. If you also have some inquires and want me to write about something specific, please let me know :)
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