Dental Prosthetics Technology
Course Structure and ECTS Credits
Program: The science and art of completing one or more missing teeth and related missing tissues in order to regain missing or lost function and aesthetics is called Prosthodontics. In this field, scientific and clinical responsibility belongs to the Dentist, and the responsibility for laboratory stages belongs to the Dental Technician. Well-trained Dental Technicians with high manual dexterity play a big role in a successful prosthetic treatment. The aim of the program is to train qualified personnel who can assist dentists and carry out laboratory stages. Those who complete the program are given an Associate Degree Diploma and the title of Health Technician (Dental Prosthesis). Dental Technicians who graduate from this program can find wide job opportunities in the public and private sectors.
Dental Prosthesis Technician Job Description:
Dental prosthesis technicians are graduates of colleges that provide associate degree education in the field of dental prosthesis technologies; In order to reconstruct lost teeth and their functions; A healthcare professional who performs or ensures laboratory studies of removable and fixed dental and jaw prostheses applied to the jaw and face area according to the treatment plan planned by the dentist.
Duties, Authorities and Responsibilities:
Prepares a model from the mouth measurements taken by the dentist.
On the prepared models; It enables fixed and removable partial dentures to be shaped, reproduced by casting method, and given an aesthetic appearance by leveling and polishing, making them suitable for use in the mouth.
He is involved in the preparation of removable full and partial dentures suitable for the mouth measurements taken by the dentist when the dentist was fully edentulous or semi-dentate, and in performing dental alignment, wax modeling and acrylic processes.
Prepares appliances such as obturators, splints, etc. based on the measurements taken by the dentist.
Repairs removable dentures.
It prepares the removable orthodontic appliances planned by the dentist throughout the treatment process.
Performs maintenance and simple repairs of the tools he uses.