May 14, 2025  
2025-2026 Workforce Education Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Workforce Education Catalog

UDLT 109 - Fixed Prosthodontics - Crown & Bridge


Students will develop an enhanced theoretical understanding of key principles relating to the construction of fixed single tooth restorations and bridgework. Includes prescriptions and work authorizations, fixed restoration design, and preparation requirements. Also includes waxing, seating, finishing, evaluation of fixed single tooth restorations, and bridgework castings.

Co-requisite(s): UDLT 101, 102, and 103, or concurrent enrollment.

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Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Prescriptions and work authorizations 
  2. Describe the fabrication of removable die models, conventional and digital 
  3. Explain fixed restoration designs to inlcude emergence profile and marginal integrity 
  4. Explain fixed restoration and preparation requirements
  5. Describe articulation of removable die models, conventional and digital 
  6. Explain fixed single tooth and bridge work pattern preparation, conventional and digital 
  7. Describe functional occlusion in wax crown and bridge patterns, conventional and digital 
  8. Explain the application of the Laws of Casting as they relate to spruing, investing,and casting crown and bridge patterns 
  9. Explain seating and finishing fixed single tooth restorations and bridgework castings 
  10. Explain evaluation criteria of fixed single tooth restorations and bridgework castings 
  11. Describe functional occlusion in crown and bridge metal castings 
  12. Describe laboratory contribution to treatment of endodontically treated teeth  
  13. Explain reduction copings and other methods of dealing with underprepared teeth 
  14. Explain repairs and soldering

Outline:
  1. Prescriptions and Work Authorizations 
    1. Interpretation of dental prescriptions and work authorizations 
    2. Infection control and disinfection procedures 
    3. Digital impressions and workflow 
  2. Fabrication of Removable Die Models, Conventional and Digital 
    1. Types of impression materials and special handling requirements 
    2. Types of impressions trays/advantages and disadvantages of each 
    3. Evaluation of impressions and common distortions 
    4. Gypsum materials of selection, manipulation and safety procedures 
    5. Recover and evaluate casts 
    6. Grind, pin, and base casts 
    7. Section, bulk trim, and refine margin 
    8. Digital impressions 
    9. Printed removable die models 
    10. Evaluation and correction of fit of printed deis to model 
  3. Fixed Restoration Designs 
    1. Inlays and inlay classification 
    2. Onlays
    3. Full crowns 
    4. Abutments 
    5. Splints 
    6. Span bridges 
    7. Cantiliever bridges 
    8. Pontics 
    9. Connectors 
    10. Hygenic considerations 
  4. Fixed Restoration and Preparation Requirements 
    1. Margin design 
    2. Articulation and occlusal clearance 
    3. Abutment parallelism and draw 
  5. Articulation of Removable Die Models, Conventional and Digital 
    1. Articular types and selection 
    2. Advantages and disadvantages of various articulators 
    3. Pin access 
    4. Use of bites 
    5. Articulators as an approximation of the temporomandibular joint 
  6. Fixed Single Tooth and Bridgework Pattern Preparation, Conventional and Digital 
    1. Wax vs castable 3D resin 
      1. Safe heating and use of dental wax 
      2. Correcting for wax discrepancies 
      3. Inlays and inlay classification
      4. Onlays 
      5. Span bridges 
      6. Cantiliever bridges 
      7. Pontics 
  7. Functional Occlusion in Wax Crown and Bridge Patterns, Conventional and Digital 
    1. Wax vs castable 3D resin 
      1. Articulator movements vs. TMJ movements 
      2. Occlusal contacts 
      3. Use of articulating film or ribbon 
  8. Spruing, Investing, and Casting Crown and Bridge Patterns 
    1. Wax for metal or pressable 
    2. Castable 3D resin for metal or pressable 
      1. Burnout, torch, centrifugal metal casting, techniques, and safety procedures 
      2. Induction casting procedures 
      3. Physics principles of metal flow during centrifugal metal casting 
      4. Lost wax casting basics 
      5. Design and construction of a wax sprue network 
      6. Diagnosis and correction of miscasts 
      7. Manipulation of expansion to correct for metal shrinkage 
  9. Seating and Finishing Fixed Single Tooth Restorations and Bridgework Castings
    1. Internal fit to dies 
    2. Mesial and distal contacts 
    3. Functional occlusal contacts 
    4. Rock free fitting across abutments 
    5. Pontic to ridge adaptation 
    6. Articulating ribbons, films, and pressure indicator 
    7. Burnishing margins 
  10. Evaluation of Fixed Single Tooth Restorations and Bridgework Castings 
    1. Use of unaltered casts 
    2. Internal fit to dies 
    3. Mesial and distal contacts
    4. Functional occlusal contacts 
    5. Rock free fitting across abutments 
    6. Pontic to ridge adaptation 
    7. Articulating ribbons, films, and pressure indicator 
    8. Burnishing margins 
    9. Digital parameter adjustments 
  11. Functional Occlusion in Crown and Bridge Metal Castings 
    1. Correcting for casting discrepancies 
    2. Articular movements vs TMJ movements 
    3. Occlusal contacts
    4. Use of articulating film or ribbon 
  12. Functional Occlusion in Crown and Bridge Metal Castings 
    1. Correcting for casting discrepancies
    2. Articulator movements vs TMJ movements
    3. Occlusal contacts
    4. Use of articulating film or ribbon
  13. Endodontically Treated Teeth 
    1. Prescriptions and work authorizations
    2. Interpretation of dental prescriptions and work authorizations
    3. Infection control and disinfecting procedures
    4. Gypsum materials selection, manipulation, and safety procedures 
    5. Model and die procedures 
    6. Articulation 
    7. Post crown 
    8. Post and core 
    9. Indirect waxing 
    10. Direct waxing 
  14. Reduction Copings 
    1. Prescription and work authorizations
    2. Interpretation of dental prescriptions and work authorizations
    3. Infection control and disinfecting procedures
    4. Gypsum materials selection, manipulation, and safety procedures 
    5. Model and die procedures
    6. Articulation 
    7. Communication with treating dentist
    8. Strategies in correcting insufficient preparation reduction 
    9. Reduction coping fabrication 
  15. Repairs and Soldering 
    1. Burnout, torch, techniques, and safety procedures 
    2. Matrix and foils 
    3. Fluxes 
    4. Solder flow 
    5. Basic repairs for fixed dental restorations