This manual describes the procedures required to make dentures and removable partial dentures. The book outlines each step in detail, including some clinical procedures, and emphasizes the relationship between clinical dentistry and dental laboratory technology.

This volume is designed to help train students in the procedures required to make fixed restorations. The authors have endeavored to eliminate individual idiosyncrasies and to present a complete, clear description of laboratory procedures for crown and bridge.

In addition to describing dental materials used in the laboratory, this manual presents certain clinical dental materials (cement) and direct restorative materials (acrylic and composite resins and dental amalgam). The manual also includes sections on polymer science, dentures, combustion, burners and blowpipes, and finishing and polishing. It is appropriate for the dental laboratory technology student, dental assisting, dental hygiene, and the undergraduate dental student.