KARACHI: Liaquat College of Medicine and Dentistry (LCMD) recently arranged a two-day hands-on workshop on "Cast partial denture designing and wax up".
In collaboration with the Department of Prosthodontics, Prof. Dr Uzma Zareef, Chairperson Continuing Dental Education Committee, LCMD, organised the session.
Dr Irum Munir Raja was the facilitator and keynote speaker whereas, Dr Saim Siddiqui and Dr Anas Kamran were the co-facilitators.
The cast partial denture design demonstration followed Dr Irum's lecture on both days. The participants performed cast partial denture designing on the ideal model and adapted wax patterns on their design using different casting waxes. They were supervised by Dr Saim Siddiqui and Dr Anas Kamran.
The workshop aimed to achieve confidence in dentists to design cast partial dentures according to different Kennedy's classification and identify any errors in the fabricated prosthesis.
At the end of the workshop, Prof. Dr Navid Rashid Qureshi, Principal College of Dentistry, LCMD, distributed shields and certificates to the facilitators and participants.
