Prosthodontists

Tasks

Core Tasks Include:

• Fit prostheses to patients, making any necessary adjustments and modifications.
• Design and fabricate dental prostheses, or supervise dental technicians and laboratory bench workers who construct the devices.
• Measure and take impressions of patients' jaws and teeth to determine the shape and size of dental prostheses, using face bows, dental articulators, recording devices, and other materials.
• Collaborate with general dentists, specialists, and other health professionals to develop solutions to dental and oral health concerns.
• Repair, reline, or rebase dentures.
• Restore function and aesthetics to traumatic injury survivors, or to individuals with diseases or congenital disabilities.
• Use bonding technology on the surface of the teeth to change tooth shape or to close gaps.
• Treat facial pain and jaw joint problems.
• Place veneers onto teeth to conceal defects.
• Bleach discolored teeth to brighten and whiten them.
• Replace missing teeth and associated oral structures with permanent fixtures, such as implant-supported prostheses, crowns and bridges, or removable fixtures, such as dentures.
• Examine patients to diagnose oral health conditions and diseases.

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