The teaching of fixed partial dentures in undergraduate dental schools in Ireland and the United Kingdom

• Published in: Journal of oral rehabilitation Vol. 37; no. 12; pp. 908 - 915
• Main Authors: LYNCH, C. D., SINGHRAO, H., ADDY, L. D., GILMOUR, A. S. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2010
• Subjects: Adult; Cementation; Crowns; Curriculum; Dental Articulators; dental education; Dental Impression Technique; Dental Porcelain; Dentistry; Denture Design; Denture, Partial, Fixed; Denture, Partial, Fixed, Resin-Bonded; Education, Dental; Faculty, Dental; fixed bridges; fixed partial denture; Humans; Ireland; Manikins; prosthodontics; Prosthodontics - education; Schools, Dental; Students, Dental; Teaching - methods; Textbooks as Topic; Time Factors; Tooth Preparation, Prosthodontic; undergraduate; United Kingdom

Summary  All areas of the practice of dentistry are evolving at a considerable pace. One area in particular which has seen a rapid revolution is the oral rehabilitation of partially dentate adults. The aim of this study was to describe the contemporary teaching of fixed partial dentures (FPDs) in de...