Dental Prosthesis

Aesthetic Dentistry2

Estética Dentária

Course code:9791221

Luís Joaquim Dias da Costa

Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:
  • Cover and frame in the context of aesthetic dental knowledge the student has acquired in different areas of their training.
  • Highlight and aesthetic importance in guiding the development and implementation of custom-made medical devices (dentures).
  • Transmission perspectives and new approaches on this subject, and to develop a critical spirit continued in daily approach to laboratory work.
  • The photography as essential to the success of team work oral health tool.
Syllabus:
  1. History of Aesthetics.
  2. Relationship Associates Dentist.
  3. The Patient's Desires/Expectations.
  4. Morphology: Form and Function of the Teeth, Contrasts and Frameworks "face, skin, age, etc."
  5. Composition: Perspective, Dominant Relationship Between the Various Elements of the Face, Optical Illusion.
  6. Aesthetic Factors: Color of Teeth, Factors that Influence that Color and Application. Translucency and Transparency, Shape and Position.
  7. Ceramic Restorations: Behavior of "Metal-Ceramic Zirconia-Alumina-Crown Feldspar" to the Incidence of Light.
  8. Rehabilitation with Dental Aesthetics on "Single and Multiple" Implants.
  9. Aesthetics in Removable Partial Denture Acrylic and Skeletal.
  10. Aesthetics in Denture Acrylic.
  11. Photography: Camera, General Notions, Diaphragm Apertures, Shutter, Exposure, EV Range, Lenses, Depth, Light and Color, Macro, Flash and Processing of Photography.
 
Suggested Bibliography:
  • Goldstein RE (1984) Change Your Smile, Chicago, Quintessence.
  • Fradeani M, Bottachiari RS, Tracey T, Parma-Benfenati S, Stein JM, De Paoli S (1992) The restoration of functional occlusion and esthetics. Int J Penodontics Restorative Dent, 12(1):63-71.
  • Slavicek R (2002) The masticatory organ: functions and dysfunctions, 1st Eng. Ed., Gamma Dental Ed.
  • Kataoka S, Mjor IA, Nishimura Y (2002) Nature´s Morphology: An Atlas of Tooth Shape and Form, 1st ed., Quintessence Pub Co.
  • Daly T (2000) Fotografia Digital: Um Guia Prático, Centralivros, Londres.