Removable Partial Dentures: A Practitioners' Manual

ISBN-13: 9783319371474 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 286 str.

Şakar, Olcay

Opis

This clinical guide describes the latest developments in planning, materials, and techniques for successful fabrication of removable partial dentures (RPDs). The fabrication of RPDs is demonstrated in a simple and easy-to-understand format, with the aid of numerous color figures and video clips and scientific support on each page. Care has been taken to provide reliable guidance on all aspects of clinical practice relating to RPDs. Readers will find information on decision-making regarding treatment options, clasp-retained RPDs and esthetic solutions, attachments and double crown systems in RPDs, implant-assisted RPDs, maintenance and post-insertion problems for all types of RPDs, the role of RPDs in the management of temporomandibular disorders, re-establishing occlusal vertical dimension and maximal intercuspation.

Spis treści

Introduction.- Treatment Planning, Mouth and Abutment Teeth Preparation and Impression Procedures.- Clasp Retained Removable Partial Dentures.- Precision Attachment Retained Removable Partial Dentures.- Implant Retained Removable Partial Dentures.- Maintenance and Post Insertion Problems.- Restoring Normal Stomatognathic Function in Partially Edentulous Patients.

O autorze

Olcay Şakar DDS, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. Dr. Şakar graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Dentistry in 1987 and in 1995 was awarded her PhD for work on the factors affecting successful esthetics in complete and partial removable dentures. She became Associate Professor at Istanbul University in 2000 and full Professor in 2007. Dr. Şakar has published more than 40 articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals and has given numerous presentations at meetings both within Turkey and overseas.