Operative Dentistry I

Dentisteria Operatória I

Curse code:9548320

Ana Cristina da Natividade Tavares Mano Azul

Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:

Theoretical part:

• The student must acquire the knowledge of the physical/chemical properties, application fields and manipulation instructions of the materials used in Operative Dentistry, in an oriented way for their practical application in the clinic.
• The student should acquire theoretical knowledge allowing the execution of the different works in the pre-clinical classes at a level permitting the beginning of the clinical activity next year.

Practical part:

• The student should acquire practical knowledge that allows the execution of the different works in the pre-clinical classes at a level permitting the beginning of the clinical activity next year.
• The student should be able to manipulate in an independent way all the necessary equipments and instruments
• The student should be able to select and use the necessary instruments for each specific procedure

Syllabus:

Lectures:

1. Numerical dental systems
2. Nomenclature of a cavity. Classification of cavities
3. General principles for cavity preparations
4. Fundamentals of cavity preparations
5. Fundamental notions on instruments used in Operative Dentistry
6. Matrices systems
7. Composite resins

Practical classes:

1. Introduction to the lab practice classes.
2. Class I, II, and V dental preparations in Frasaco and in natural pre-molars and molars for amalgam and composite resin restorations.

Suggested Bibliography:

• Fejerskov O, Nyvad B, Kidd E (2015) Dental Caries: The Disease and its Clinical Management. 3rd ed., Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN: 978-1-118-93582-8
• Hilton TJ, Ferracane JL, Broome JC (2013) Summitt’s Fundamentals of Operative Dentistry: A Contemporary Approach. 4th ed., Hanover Park: Quintessence. ISBN: 978-0-86715-528-0
• Heymann HO, Swift Jr. EJ, Ritter AV (2013) Sturdevant’s art and Science of Operative Dentistry. 6th ed., Missouri: Elsevier, St. Louis. ISBN: 978-0-323-08333-1
• Anusavice KJ, Shen C, Rawls HR (2013) Phillips´s Science of Dental Materials. 12th ed., Missouri: Elsevier Saunders, St. Louis. ISBN: 978-1-4377-2418-9