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Evaluation of Senior Brazilian Dental Students About Mouth Preparation and Removable Partial Denture Design
Author(s) -
Neto Arcelino Farias,
Duarte Antônio Ricardo Calazans,
Shiratori Fábio Kenji,
Alencar e Silva Leite Pedro Henrique,
RizzattiBarbosa Célia Marisa,
Bonachela Wellington Cardoso
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1930-7837
pISSN - 0022-0337
DOI - 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2010.74.11.tb05001.x
Subject(s) - articulator , dental arch , dentistry , arch , medicine , removable partial denture , orthodontics , dental laboratory , dentures , engineering , civil engineering
This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge of senior dental students about mouth preparation and removable partial denture (RPD) design. Two hundred sixty‐six senior students from eleven dental schools in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, comprised the sample. The subjects examined two partially edentulous casts mounted on a semiadjustable articulator, answered a questionnaire regarding the treatment plan, and drew the RPD design. The casts consisted of Kennedy Class III, modification 1 maxillary arch and Class II mandibular arch. Ninety percent of the students believed that mouth preparation should be performed although no one was able to name all necessary procedures. For the maxillary arch, 12 percent of the denture designs were completely appropriate, 51 percent were partially appropriate, and 37 percent were inappropriate. For the mandibular arch, the results were 3 percent, 40 percent, and 57 percent, respectively.