Trends in Prosthodontics - A Review

Abstract

Prosthodontics is concerned with the impact of tooth or tissue damage and partial or complete loss of teeth
on oral function in its broadest sense. It deals with this largely through prosthetic replacement. The discipline
occupies a major portion of a dental school curriculum, and dental practitioners usually devote much of their
practice to prosthodontic services. It is continuously evolving consequent to the rapid advancements in dental
biomaterials science, clinical and laboratory techniques and technologies, education, research, therapeutics,
literature, and interdisciplinary developments. While the basic process of making dentures has changed little
over the past several decades, new materials and techniques can help laboratories and clinicians provide
functional, esthetic restorations that offer exceptional value to patients. Implant treatment is a tremendous
adjunct to removable prosthodontics in the treatment of edentulous patients, but it is not within the financial
reach of all dental patients.In future, prosthodontics has a very good scope and it is going to be beneficial for
the patients who are edentulous.Technology developments are very much needed in future for its very well
establishments .This review is aimed to discover some fascinating facts about the trends that are prevailing
in prosthodontics and its future scope.