The acquisition and validation of removable partial denture design knowledge. I. Methodology and overview

Abstract

The authors report on the eliciting of the partial denture design expertise of teachers of prosthetic dentistry. Their approach was to identify 125 design rules and then to sample expert reaction by surveying 10 experts individually and by surveying the prosthetic departments in all 17 dental schools in the British Isles. The surveys achieved a return of 100% and revealed an unsuspected consensus concerning the rules. A majority of schools were in agreement on whether or not 111 (89%) of the rules could be supported. This design expertise will be disseminated through RaPiD, a knowledge-based assistant for the design of removable partial dentures. It is expected that by incorporating into this design assistant rules which have been shown to be widely supported, the acceptability and usefulness of RaPiD for clinical education and practice will be increased.

Projeto piloto de informatização dos prontuários do setor de motilidade ocular extrínseca da Santa Casa de São Paulo

“…O uso de modernas ferramentas da informática e das telecomunicações são recursos promissores. Com a utilização delas pelo médico, o paciente passa a ser acompanhado de maneira rápida, organizada e eficaz (12)(13)(14) . O objetivo deste trabalho foi desenvolver um sistema de apoio à pesquisa no campo da informática, baseado na busca automática de informações sobre o número de pacientes com determinadas características e o cruzamento dessas informações entre si, para a obtenção de um banco de dados atualizado de pacientes da Seção de Motilidade Extrinseca Ocular do Departamento de Oftalmologia da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo.…”

Titanium for removable partial dentures (III): 2‐year clinical follow‐up in an undergraduate programme

“…Ti possesses physical and mechanical properties that make it a suitable material in many clinical dental applications (Latta, McDougal & Bowles, 1993; Fenton & Afzali, 1996; Wang & Fenton, 1996) and, even though high temperatures are required during fabrication, recent advances in casting technology have broadened its clinical application. While there is some consensus on Co–Cr RPD design (Davenport & Hammond, 1996), it is not known whether these commonly accepted rules can be automatically applied to Ti RPDs. Our previous studies reported on the laboratory procedures for constructing both RPDs and complete dentures from commercially pure Ti and a clinical trial was conducted using 10 RPD cases over a 2‐year period (Mori et al , 1997; Thomas, Lechner & Mori, 1997).…”

The acquisition and validation of removable partial denture design knowledge. II. Design rules and expert reaction

“…The importance of validating the expert knowledge in a knowledge-based system (KBS) has been emphasized previously (Davenport & Hammond, 1996). An accepted method of achieving this is by expert review, preferably involving a large number of experts (Legree, Gillis & Orey, 1993).…”

“…An accepted method of achieving this is by expert review, preferably involving a large number of experts (Legree, Gillis & Orey, 1993). This was therefore the approach adopted for the development of RaPiD, a KBS for removable partial denture design and involved obtaining the opinion of prosthetic experts in all 17 dental schools in the U.K. (Davenport & Hammond, 1996).…”