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• A branch of Dentistry that focuses on the restoration and maintenance of oral function,

  comfort, appearance, health of the patient by the restoration of the natural teeth or replacement of missing teeth

  PROSTHODONTICS
• Replacement of teeth for edentulous or partially edentulous patients by artificial

  substitutes that are removable from the mouth.

  Removable prosthodontics
• Removable partial prosthesis that is fully tooth supported

  REMOVABLE BRIDGE
• Replacement or restoration of teeth by artificial substitutes that are not removable from the mouth

  FIXED PROSTHODONTICS
• Non removable prosthesis that is rigidly attached to one or more abutment teeth to

  replace lost or missing teeth also called fixed partial denture

  FIXED PROSTHESIS/ FIXED BRIDGE
• Supports the prosthesis to which it is attached.

  ABUTMENT
• Is the restoration, usually a crown, rebuilds the abutment tooth by which the bridge is

  attached to the abutment and to which the pontic is connected.

  RETAINER
• Substitute for the lost tooth, both esthetically and functionally

  PONTICS
• Unites the retainer with the pontic, joins the individual units of the prosthesis

  JOINT/ CONNECTOR
• Replacement or restoration of teeth or both of stomatognathic and associated facial

  structures by artificial substitutes that may or may not be removed

  MAXILLOFACIAL PROSTHESIS
• Artificial replacement of a missing body part

  PROSTHESIS
• Artificial replacement that restores missing tooth structure by surrounding most or all of

  the remaining structure

  CROWN
• Extra coronal restoration that involves all or nearly all of the surface of the clinical crown

  of a tooth

  FULL VENEER
• Restoration that usqqually includes all but one one surface of a tooth, three Quarter Crown

  PARTIAL VERNEER CROWN
• provides the orientation of mandibular to maxillary teeth in CR in the terminal hinge

  position, in which opening and closing are purely rotational movements

  CENTRIC RELATION RECORDING TECHNIQUE
• maxillomandibular relationship

  CENTRIC RELATION RECORDING TECHNIQUE
• most commonly used dental restoratives

  PLASTIC MATERIALS
• simple and conservative restoration of damaged teeth

  PLASTIC MATERIALS
• somewhat like a thimble’s fitting on a finger

  CAST METAL
• known as inlay

  INTRACORONAL RESTORATIONS
• relies on the strength of the remaining tooth structure for support and retention

  INTRACORONAL RESTORATIONS
• known as crown

  EXTRACORONAL RESTORATIONS
• consist of a tooth colored layer of porcelain bonded to a cast metal substructure

  METAL CERAMIC MATERIAL
• encircles all or part of the remaining tooth structure and the occlusal surface

  EXTRACORONAL RESTORATIONS
• used when a complete crown is needed to restore

  metal-ceramic material
• Excellent marginal adaptation and esthetic results are achievable, do not withstand

  functional loads well over time

  Fiber-Reinforced Resin
• The major components of the TMJs are the following:

  CRANIAL BASE

  MANDIBLE

  MUSCLES OF MASTICATION
• TMJ is a ginglymoarthrodial. It is capable of both hinging and gliding only.

  T,T
• In articular disk, where is the rotation?

  LOWER
• The articular disk consist of fibrous connective tissue. It is also ideally avascular and

  sometimes can have nerves in the middle.

  T,F
• Articular disk is an avascular and has a free nerve endings in the middle

  F
• Overcontoured crown is PREFERRED rather than undercontoured

  F
• Articular disk consists of dense connective tissue

  T
• limit separation between the condylar process and the disk

  STYLOMANDIBULAR AND SPHENOMANDIBULAR
• limit protrusive movement of the mandible

  STYLOMANDIBULAR
• dual function: elevate the hyoid bone or depress the mandible

  SUPRAHYOID MUSCLE
• restric rrotation of the mandible, limit border movements, qnd protect the structure joint

  TEMPOROMANDIBULAR LIGAMENTS
• 2-mm horizontal overlap and 2-mm vertical overlap as being ideal

  Dentition
• The occlusion of opposing teeth when the mandible is in centric relation; this may or may

  not coincide with the maximal intercuspal position

  CENTRIC OCCLUSION
• the space that occurs between the incisal and occlusal of the maxillary and mandibular

  teeth during speech

  speaking space