| 1 | 1. Approach to geriatric patients and their evaluation from a prosthodontic perspective. 2. Introduction to removable partial dentures. 3. Classification of partially edentulous arches (reduced masticatory function; reduced biting function). 4. Surveyor and its applications: path of insertion, height of contour, and the concept of undercut. 5. Components of removable partial dentures – direct retainers, clasps, rest seats, indirect retainers, major connectors, minor connectors, denture base, artificial teeth. 6. Biomechanical principles and denture base movements in removable partial dentures. 7. Characteristics of supporting tissues and control of transmitted forces. 8. Overview of clinical and laboratory stages in removable partial dentures. 9. Clinical and radiographic examination in removable partial dentures. 10. Diagnosis and prognosis in removable partial dentures. 11. Planning of removable partial dentures (Kennedy Class I–II–III–IV) (tooth-supported removable partial denture / tooth–tissue-supported removable partial denture). 12. Model analysis in removable partial dentures (evaluation of pre-prosthetic diagnostic models). 13. Oral preparation in removable partial dentures. 14. Impressions in removable partial dentures: anatomic and functional impression techniques. 15. Framework try-in and recording of jaw relationships in removable partial dentures (occlusal adjustment in restorations; occlusion control; elimination of premature contacts). 16. Tooth arrangement in removable partial dentures. 17. Occlusion in removable partial dentures. 18. Try-in, intraoral adjustment, and patient education in removable partial dentures. 19. Effects of removable partial dentures on oral health, common problems, and their management (speech disorders; adjustment and relief of sore spots in removable dentures; treatment of denture stomatitis; denture fracture). 20. Border and base relining procedures in removable partial dentures, principles of repair (relining and rebasing of removable dentures; repair of removable dentures; addition of teeth or clasps). 21. Interim removable partial dentures. 22. Precision attachments in removable partial dentures: classification and planning principles for tooth-supported precision attachment removable partial dentures. | |