PROS-332 : Preclinical Implant Laboratory

This course is designed to provide the students with the laboratory experience necessary to apply the knowledge of the basic principles of Implant Dentistry and their relevance to clinical implementation. Implant placement, prosthetic restoration, maintenance, and complications will be discussed. The student will have the knowledge with the clinical and laboratory procedures related to the implant dentistry as related in clinical restoration and surgical phases of implant dentistry and the laboratory fabrication of surgical stents, impression pouring and fabrication of provisional for implant prosthodontics. At the completion of the course, the student is expected to be competent in the clinical treatment planning for partially edentulous patients and major concepts in implant dentistry and show competence in laboratory impression making, surgical guide construction and provisional fabrication for implant denture prostheses.