Fixed Prosthodontics 3
Course Director: Yen-Wei Chen & Chin-Chung Peng
Credits: 2
Quarters/Yr of Program: Spring / 2
Course Overview
This course is the third in a three-course sequence of preclinical fixed prosthodontics. Greater ability in planning and critical thinking is expected compared to the previous two courses. The lectures and laboratory exercises emphasize the esthetic aspects of the restoration of multiple-unit prostheses and serve as an introduction to digital dentistry. Lectures integrate the disciplines of fixed prosthodontics, periodontics, and orthodontics, as well as connect laboratory and clinical fixed prosthodontics course content with material science information. Several guest lecturers will introduce the concept of interdisciplinary treatment planning in fixed prosthodontics.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Prepare teeth for esthetic veneer designs and fabricate the interim restorations
- Design a resin-bonded, ultraconservative maxillary anterior fixed prosthesis.
- Complete a CAD/CAM provisional restoration.
- Describe all procedures and processes for using porcelain for fixed prostheses.
- Deliver an all-ceramic crown using bonding procedures.
- Utilize different shade guides in shade matching procedure.
- Prepare a survey crown for RPD,
- Utilize dental photography,
- Prepare a crown with proximal grooves and fabricate,
- Preparing teeth for multi-unit restorations.
UWSOD Competencies: C-02, C-19, C-20, C-21
Date last updated: 2026-03-24