(DLT) Dental Laboratory Technology

DLT1317 Dental Laboratory Fundamentals

Basic dental materials, equipment, and procedures for cast fabrication; morphology of natural teeth; intraoral anatomy; physiology of human skull; dental forms and records; ethics; and human relations.

DLT1318 Complete Dentures I

Fabrication of master casts, base plates, and occlusion rims; mounting of casts; selection and arrangement of artificial teeth; and final wax-up, contouring, processing, and finishing of complete dentures.

DLT1319 Complete Dentures II

Nonanatomic denture occlusion; complete denture reline and repair; and fabrication of immediate dentures, surgical templates, interim acrylic removable partial denture, and soft mouth guard.

DLT1320 Construction of Removable Partial
Dentures I

Principles of dental survey and design, casting of metal removable partial dentures, preparation and fabrication of metal frameworks from wax-up and casting through finishing.

DLT1321 Construction of Removable Partial
Dentures II

Tooth arrangement on metal frameworks, wax-up and contouring of denture base, processing and finishing of acrylic portions, partial denture repair, orthodontic appliances.

DLT1322 Construction of Inlays, Crowns and Fixed Partial Dentures I

Occlusion, creation of stone casts and dies, use of wax additive technique, and casting and finishing of gold alloys.

DLT1323 Construction of Inlays, Crowns and Fixed Partial Dentures II

Fabrication, assembly, and soldering procedures used in construction of inlays, crowns, fixed partial dentures, and acrylic resin crowns.

DLT1324 Dental Ceramics

Metal ceramic single unit restorations; wax-ups, casting, and finishing of metal substructure; and application, firing, contouring, and glazing of porcelain.

DLT2310 Porcelain and Metal Ceramic Restorations

Advanced theory and construction of dental porcelains, porcelain jacket crowns, substructure design, ceramic alloys, intrinsic and extrinsic color modification; building and contouring of opposing porcelain occlusions to include extensive bridgework.

DLT2314 Removable Prosthodontics

Survey and design, articulation, tooth arrangement, processing and recovery of complete and partial dentures, orthodontics appliance, and hard night guard.

DLT2315 Functional and Esthetic-Fixed Prosthodontics

Pouring and articulating of dies and master casts, creating functional anatomic and metal-ceramic wax-up, investing and burning out wax-up, casting metal, and applying porcelain.