Syllabus for state exam:
Orthopedic Dentistry
Basic principles and importance of prosthetic treatment.
Components of removable partial dentures with tooth support only ( removable
bridge ).
Prenatal development of the jaws and teeth (oral cavity of the new born child).
Diagnostic examination in prosthodontics.
Attachments in removable partial dentures.
Primary dentition development and characteristics. Eruption of first permanent
molars and their role in occlusion.
Partition of prosthetic dentures by biomechanical consideration.
Components of removable partial dentures with tooth and tissue support (
outline ).
Replacement of teeth and its irregularities.
Classification of partial by edentulous arches.
Splinting of the teeth – principles of treatment.
Postnatal qrowth of the craniofacial skeleton.
Full cast metal crowns-their types, indications and contraindications.
Prosthodontic treatment after a surgical intervention.
Complex orthodontic diagnosis.
Prosthodontic significance of implants, their classification.
Physiology of chewing, basic prosthetic terms.
Treatment planning and cast analysis.
Laboratory procedures of full cast metal crowns.
History and examination of edentulous dental arches, principles of retention.
Cephalometrics – X-ray technique, cephalometric analysis.
Acrylic Jacket crowns.
Direct retainers-clasps of the removable partial dentures and their partition.
Classification systems in orthodontics.
Ceramic Jacket crowns.
Outline of working methods for complete dentures.
Occlusion and malocclusion characteristics. Ideal occlusion, Normal occlusion,
Malocclusion.
Post and core.
Major and minor connectors of removable partial dentures.
Aetiology of malocclusions.
Indications and contraindications for crowns.
Overdentures.
Prevention and prophylaxy in orthodontics.
Veneer crowns.
Landmarks and areas of the maxillary edentulous arch.
Basic principles of orthodontic treatment.
Partial crowns, inlays and onlays.
Landmarks and areas of the mandibular edentulous arch.
Possibilities and limitations of orthodontic treatment. Arms of orthodontic
treatment.
Fixed bridges – types and basic components.
Impressions for complete dentures.
Diastema, ethiology and therapy.
Indications and contraindications for bridges, history and examination.
Occlusion and articulators.
Anomalies in tooth number, their treatment.
Designing and planning bridges in large defects.
Anatomy and functions of temporomandibular joint.
Unerupted teeth, ethiology and therapy.
Clinical techniques for bridge construction.
Diseases of temporomandibular joint and their prosthetic treatment.
Compression and crowding, evolution, morphology, therapy.
Fixed splints.
Partition of removable partial dentures, biomechanical considerations.
Crossbite, evolution, morphology, therapy.
Principles of laboratory procedures for removable partial dentures.
Rebasing complete dentures.
Open bite, evolution, morphology, therapy.
Types of crown – outline.
Function of triple-arm clasp.
Class II Division l malocclusions, evolution, morphology, differential diagnosis
and therapy.
Preparation of teeth – general principles.
Alginates.
Class III malocclusions, evolution, morphology, differential diagnostics and
therapy.
Removable splints.
Elastomers.
Class II Division 2 malocclusions, evolution, morphology, differential diagnostics
and therapy.
Principles of removable partial dentures design.
Ceramic materials.
Etiology and classification of clefts.
Surveying of removable partial dentures.
Impression technics for fixed prosthodontics.
Therapy of clefts.
Occlusal relationships for removable partial dentures.
Ideal abutment and biological factor of dental arches.
Tooth extractions in primary dentition from orthodontic reasons.
Jaw relationships for complete dentures.
Gold and silver alloys.
Tooth extractions in permanent dentition from orthodontic reasons.
Setting the teeth for complete dentures.
Resin materials in prosthodontics.
Retention and relaps in orthodontics.
Trial dentures.
Pontics.
Fixed orthodontic apliances.
Processing dentures.
Trial and permanent cementation of crowns and bridges.
Removable orthodontic apliances.
Inserting the completed dentures and instructions to patients.
Crown and bridge failures and repairs.
Cooperation of the orthodontist with other denture departments.
Syllabus – Orthodontics, 6-th year, Dental Medicine
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Normal occlusion and malocclusion
Anomalies of individual teeth ( teeth number, size and position) and teeth groups
Angle´s classification, biogenetic classification of malocclusions
Development and growth – prenatal development, deciduous dentition, replacement of
the teeth, permanent dentition
5. Postnatal growth – growth pattern of the scull, maxilla and mandible, intensity of the
growth
6. Diagnostic examination in the orthodontics – anamnesis, extraoral and intraoral
examination, cast analysis
7. Goals of the orthodontic treatment
8. Indication of the orthodontic treatment, prevention in orthodontics
9. Basic principles of the orthodontic treatment
10. Orthodontic appliances – removable and fixed appliances
11. Extration therapy in orthodontics
12. Cephalometrics – indication and X-ray technique, cephalometric analysis
13. Anomalies of special character
14. Reverse overjet
15. Distoocclusion
16. Crossbite
17. Compression and crowding
18. Open bite
19. Deep bite
20. Angle class II division 2 malocclusion
21. Retention and relaps in orthodontics
22. Clefts