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Prosthodontics

Dental prosthodontics deals with replacing missing teeth and restoring chewing function and appearance — from a single crown to a full denture.

Greek prósthesis = the act of adding

Dental prosthodontics, dental prosthetics

prosthodontics

A distinction is made between fixed restorations (crowns, bridges, implant-supported work) and removable ones (partial and full dentures).

Prosthodontics combines manual skill, materials science and the study of function. In your studies, it is the subject in which the skills you learned in the technical foundation course (TPK) and the Phantomkurs first have to prove themselves on a patient.

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