ABSTRACT
In Prosthodontics students have access to two different types of learning contents: theoretical and practical. The manufacture of a removable prosthesis has several stages. Initially the patient must spend some time in consultation with the aim of being produced a mold. This mold must be made according to the mouth of a particular patient in which the prosthesis will be placed. This is the starting point for the whole process. The mold after is sent to the laboratory where the prosthetist will manufacture the final mold. This confection becomes the focal point of the entire work, and its preparation has a high degree of precision. Later, after being confected, the mold is tried in the patient’s mouth, where the dentist will assess the compatibility between the patient’s mouth and the mold manufactured. If no adjustments are necessary, the molds return to the dental laboratory where the technician will resume his work. This is a time-consuming job and a delicate one too. The prosthesis is composed of top and bottom where each tooth is placed in a millimetrical way on the mold. When all the teeth of one of the parts is attached, the technician works on the other part. After all the teeth are placed, the prosthesis is covered with the finishing material and subsequently placed in an oven to be finalized. This is be a very brief description of the process which the manufacture of a removable prosthesis undergoes. Students of dental medicine must learn and understand all this process. Actually they learn and acquired this thematic knowledge in physical classes.
