Readership: Undergraduate dentistry students and dental technicians. Recently qualified dentists and practising general dental practitioners will find this to be a very useful reference text.
Kenneth Tyson, Formerly Head of the Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Edinburgh Dental Hospital and School, Robert Yemm, Formerly Head of the Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Dundee Dental Hospital and School, and Brendan Scott, Senior Lecturer / Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, Dundee Dental Hospital and School
"There really is an urgent need for such a text...All in all the text looks very promising and complete..." - Julia Triebel, fifth-year dentistry student, Manchester Dental School
Section 1: General principles of partial dentures and how they work Introduction 1.1: Why should partial dentures be provided? 1.2: Loads and levers 1.3: Classification of partial dentures 1.4: Cast surveying 1.5: Support 1.6: Connectors 1.7: Retention 1.8: Indirect retention 1.9: Indirect or cantilevered support 1.10: Refining the design Section 2: The patient and the denture Introduction 2.1: Patient histories and assessment 2.2: Study casts 2.3: Which teeth to replace? Design sequence 2.4: Designing for Kennedy Class III dentures 2.5: Designing for Kennedy Class I and II dentures 2.6: Designing for Kennedy Class IV dentures Section 3: Some problems and solutions Introduction 3.1: Designing partial dentures for the ageing dentition 3.2: New partial dentures for the residual dentition in poor condition 3.3: Additions to existing partial dentures 3.4: Residual dentition with poor prognosis 3.5: Partial dentures around difficult dentitions and oral structures 3.6: Overdentures and implants 3.7: The free-end saddle - further comments 3.8: The shortened dental arch 3.9: Partial dentures in conjunction with crowns 3.10: Some mechanical complexities
