Evaluation of senior Brazilian dental students about mouth preparation and removable partial denture design.
This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge of senior dental students about mouth preparation and removable partial denture (RPD) design. Two hundred sixty-six senior students from eleven dental schools in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, comprised the sample. The subjects examined two partially edentulous casts mounted on a semiadjustable articulator, answered a questionnaire regarding the treatment plan, and drew the RPD design. The casts consisted of Kennedy Class III, modification 1 maxillary arch and Class II mandibular arch. Ninety percent of the students believed that mouth preparation should be performed although no one was able to name all necessary procedures. For the maxillary arch, 12 percent of the denture designs were completely appropriate, 51 percent were partially appropriate, and 37 percent were inappropriate. For the mandibular arch, the results were 3 percent, 40 percent, and 57 percent, respectively.
Piracicaba Dental School, UNICAMP, Prosthodontics and Periodontology, Av. Limeira, 901, Piracicaba Caixa Postal 52, Natal, Brazil. saudeoral@fop.unicamp.br
Arcelino Farias
AF
Neto
Antônio Ricardo Calazans
AR
Duarte
Fábio Kenji
FK
Shiratori
Pedro Henrique
PH
de Alencar e Silva Leite
Célia Marisa
CM
Rizzatti-Barbosa
Wellington Cardoso
WC
Bonachela
D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D000044:Dental Abutments; D003725:Dental Articulators; D016734:Dental Clasps; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D003779:Denture Design; D003781:Denture Retention; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D004497:Education, Dental; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D007576:Jaw, Edentulous, Partially / Q000145:classification / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology; D008437:Maxilla / Q000473:pathology; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011476:Prosthodontics / Q000193:education; D013335:Students, Dental; D019231:Tooth Preparation, Prosthodontic