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University of Melbourne

  • 37% international / 63% domestic

Prosthodontics for Practice

  • Non-Award

This course addresses conventional prosthodontic issues in daily practice, focusing on enhancing clinical skills for technique-sensitive procedures.

Key details

Degree Type
Non-Award
Duration
15 - 15 years full-time
Study Mode
In person, Online
Intake Months
Oct

About this course

Prosthodontics for Practice

This course aims to deal with conventional prosthodontic issues relevant to every-day practice. The course will focus on enhancing clinical skills required for these technique-sensitive procedures.

Study locations

Online

What you will learn

What you will learn

The face to face sessions will be structured around each of the treatment options. Individual lectures will be given in the laboratory and will be immediately followed by the appropriate laboratory exercise. The laboratory exercises will be constructed around a clinical case requiring an extensive range of treatment modalities to be covered.

Major Topics

  • Three-unit bridge design and preparation
  • Post and core preparation
  • Veneer design and preparation
  • The place of the classic metal ceramic crown in current practice
  • Anterior all-ceramic restoration
  • Adhesive bridge preparation concepts
  • Posterior ceramic inlay/only design and preparation
  • Gold inlay/onlay design and preparation

Webinar topics

  • Indications / contraindications - when to use full crowns and when to use partial restorations
  • Material choices
  • Case studies

Course structure

Program Delivery
  • Online lectures completed via the University of Melbourne's Learning Management System - Canvas
  • Two days of face-to-face preclinical hands-on sessions held at the Melbourne Dental School, Ground Floor Preclinical Laboratory, 723 Swanston Street, Carlton Vic 3053.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Dentistry courses at University of Melbourne.
84%
Overall satisfaction
88%
Skill scale
76%
Teaching scale
56%
Employed full-time