Textbook of Prosthodontics

Foreword v

Preface vii

Acknowledgements ix

Section I

COMPLETE DENTURES

1. Introduction 3

2. Diagnosis and Treatment Planning 10

3. Mouth Preparation 24

4. Impressions and Casts 35

5. Record Bases and Occlusal Rims 86

6. Maxillomandibular Relations 98

7. Articulation 133

8. Occlusion 145

9. Selection of Artifi cial Teeth 152

10. Teeth Arrangement 165

11. Try-in 185

12. Processing and Remounting 193

13. Denture Insertion 211

14. Postinsertion Problems 219

15. Refi tting and Repair 227

16. Single Complete Denture 241

17. Immediate Dentures 248

Section II

REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES

18. Introduction 259

19. Sequelae of Partial Edentulism 268

20. Classifi cation of Partially

Edentulous Arches 272

21. Component Parts 289

22. Diagnosis and Treatment Planning 333

23. Surveying 343

24. Principles and Design 360

25. Mouth Preparation 376

26. Secondary Impressions and

Master Cast 388

27. Fabrication of Removable

Partial Denture 396

28. Denture Insertion 414

29. Refi tting and Repair 421

30. Forms of Removable Partial Dentures 426

Section III

FIXED PARTIAL DENTURES

31. Introduction 447

32. Component Parts 455

33. Diagnosis and Treatment Planning 469

34. Occlusion 492

35. Tooth Preparation 501

36. Fluid Control and Gingival

Displacement 554

37. Impression Making 566

38. Provisional Restorations 582

39. Shade Selection and Lab

Communication 597

40. Lab Procedures 605

41. Try-in and Cementation 642

42. Failures in Fixed Partial Dentures 653

43. Metal Free Ceramic Restorations 669

44. Resin Bonded Fixed Partial Dentures 680

45. Restoration of Endodontically

Treated Teeth 686

Section IV

MISCELLANEOUS

46. Ceramic Laminate Veneers 707

47. Attachment Retained Dentures 720

48. Overdentures 731

49. Oral Implantology 747

50. Maxillofacial Prosthetics 794

51. Smile Design 820

Appendices

827

Index

847