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Schedule
Day one
Partial Dentures
Monday 24 June, 9am–5pm.
9.00am - 9.45am Lecture: Treatment planning and surveying (Jaafar Abduo)
9.45am - 10.30am Practical: Surveying (Jaafar Abduo, Maggie Chen, Vahed Parzham)
10.30am - 11.00am Morning Tea Break - 5th Floor Meeting Room
11.00am - 11.45am Lecture: Partial denture design (Jaafar Abduo)
11. 45am - 12.30pm Practical: Partial denture framework design
(Jaafar Abduo, Maggie Chen Vahed Parzham)
12.30pm - 1.30pm Lunch Break - 5th Floor Meeting Room
1.30pm - 2.15pm Lecture: Clinical steps for partial dentures (Maggie Chen)
2.15pm - 3.00pm Practical: Teeth preparation (Jaafar Abduo, Maggie Chen, Vahed Parzham)
3.00pm - 3.45pm Lecture: Immediate dentures (Maggie Chen)
3.45pm - 4.30pm Practical: Cast trimming (Jaafar Abduo, Maggie Chen, Vahed Parzham)
4.30pm - 5.00pm Final questions and CLOSE
Day two
Complete Dentures
Tuesday 25 June, 9am–5pm.
9.00am - 9.45am Lecture: Patient assessment and impressions (Maggie Chen)
9.45am - 10.30am Practical: Complete denture definitive impression
(Jaafar Abduo, Maggie Chen, Vahed Parzham)
10.30am - 11.00am Morning Tea Break - 5th Floor Meeting Room
11.00am - 11.45am Lecture: Jaw relation record, teeth selection and occlusion (Maggie Chen)
11.45am - 12.30pm Practical: Anterior teeth set-up (Jaafar Abduo, Maggie Chen, Vahed Parzham)
12.30pm - 1.30pm Lunch Break - 5th Floor Meeting Room
1.30pm - 2.15pm Lecture: Complete dentures maintenance and problem solving (Vahed Parzham)
2.15pm - 3.00pm Practical: Posterior teeth set-up (Jaafar Abduo, Maggie Chen, Vahed Parzham)
3.00pm - 3.45pm Lecture: Implant Overdenture (Vahed Parzham)
3.45pm - 4.30pm Practical: Review of overdenture cases and overdenture impression
(Jaafar Abduo, Maggie Chen, Vahed Parzham)
4.30pm - 5.00pm Final questions and CLOSE
Speakers
A/Prof Jaafar Abdou 
A/Prof Jaafar Abduo received his BDS (Otago, New Zealand), DClinDent (Otago, New Zealand), MRACDS (Pros). His current position is as Senior Lecturer in Prosthodontics and convener of the Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Dentistry (implants) and Convener of Removable Prosthodontics at the Melbourne Dental school. His research interests are in the areas of CAD/CAM dentistry, removable prosthodontics, implant biomechanics and dental occlusion. A/Prof Abduo's teaching interests are in the areas of fixed and removable prosthodontics, oral implantology and evidence-based prosthodontics.
Dr Vahed Parzham 
Dr Vahed Parzham obtained his Doctorate of Dental Surgery degree in 2007 and his Doctorate of Clinical Dentistry in Prosthodontics specialty at the University of Melbourne in 2017. His research project for this degree was the outcome of implant therapy in private specialist and general practices in Victoria. He published articles based on this project in the International Journal of Prosthodontics. Dr Parzham works full time in his private specialist prosthodontics practice (Evans Prosthodontics) in Brighton, Melbourne.
Dr Parzham is a member of the International Team for Implantology, the Australian Prosthodontic Society, the Australian Dental Association and the Academy of Australian and New Zealand Prosthodontists. He is actively involved in lecturing and clinical teaching in the fields of implant dentistry and prosthodontics at the University of Melbourne.
Dr Maggie Chen 
Dr Maggie Chen has worked in public sectors, private practices, and universities before relocating to New Zealand and finally settled in Australia. She has been working as a prosthodontist in private practices as well as involving in dental education since the completion of her specialist training (Doctor of Clinical Dentistry) at the University of Otago, New Zealand. While enjoying all aspect of dentistry, she decided to pursue further studies in prosthodontics to refine the knowledge and skills that are essential to achieve the optimal aesthetic and functional restorative outcome. She appreciates the collaboration of teams of different expertise that helps to bridge literature with clinical practice, and enables quality treatment journey which is often life-changing for the patients.
