957 Update on Removable Partial Denture Therapy

Want to improve the treatment acceptance for your partially dentate patients by offering the more affordable replacement treatment options to replace their missing teeth? Have a highly esthetic demanding patient with missing teeth who cannot afford the fixed treatment options? Ever wonder if strategic placement of fewer Dental Implants can improve the RPD treatment outcomes and help your patients? Today’s RPD therapy enables dentists to offer great affordable treatment alternatives to address patients’ esthetic and functional needs. This course is intended to provide an update overview of contemporary removable partial dentures therapy and help participants to integrate RPD treatment into day-to-day clinical care.

Topics Include

• Diagnosis and treatment planning for your partially dentate patients
• Overview of RPD design principles and a logical and systematic approach to formulate the best possible design for your patients
• The benefits and pitfalls of various materials for RPD framework: metal cast framework RPD vs. flexible RPD vs. hybrid RPD
• Esthetic RPD Solution for highly esthetic demanding situation
• Use of Dental Implants to enhance RPD treatment outcomes
• Treatment consideration and integration for combination cases
• Advanced RPD design alternatives (e.g. use of attachments, rotational path RPD)

Instructors

Ting-Ling Chang, DDS
Clinical Professor and Section Chair, Section of Removable Prosthodontics, Division of Advanced Prosthodontics, Biomaterials, & Hospital Dentistry, UCLA

Kumar C. Shah BDS, MS
Assistant Clinical Professor, Co-Director, Advanced Prosthodontics Graduate Program, Division of Advanced Prosthodontics, Biomaterials, & Hospital Dentistry, UCLA