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Removable Prosthodontic Orientation

1. Objective:

   Acquaint the residents with complete denture prosthodontic principles, clinical and laboratory procedures.

2. Guidelines:
   1. In addition to selected lectures, the residents will receive one-on-one demonstrations on clinical procedures for the impression, jaw relation records, wax try-in, and insertion appointments. Also, they will fabricate a set of dentures on a patient and perform the following lab procedures: 1) custom trays, 2) record bases, wax rims, and articulation, 3) complete monoplane and fully balanced set-ups, 4) fully wax-up both sets of trial dentures, 5) flask, pack, and process one set of dentures, 6) deflask and complete a lab remount to check pin opening, 7) deflask, finish, and polish dentures, and 8) deliver dentures to patient.