This module is designed to equip students with competences on use of removable partial denture to rehabilitating edentulous patients with not more than 4 missing teeth, it will equip students with competences and skills of diagnosing prosthetic problem in a patient and to be able to prepare patient for rehabilitation with RPD not exceeding replacement of 4 teeth.
This module is designed to provide the student with competencies of carrying out intraoral examination including periodontal charting, dental scaling, root planning, making good cavity preparations and restorations, administering local and regional anaesthesia, performing simple extractions, suturing, incision and drainage, carrying out fissure sealants, topical fluoride and varnish application, brushing and flossing teeth on models and phantom heads, as well as on simulated patients before they start clinical work on real patients. Students will also get acquainted with common clinical preventive dentistry instruments and equipment, periodontal instruments and equipment, common clinical restorative instruments and equipment as well as common surgical instruments and equipment.