Prosthodontic Treatment For Partially Edentulous Patients

SECTION ONE -- The partially edentulous milieu -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The mechanism of support for fixed and removable partial dentures -- 3. The consequences of partial edentulism -- 4. The need for prosthodontic intervention -- 5. Methods of prosthodontic replacement -- SECTION TWO -- Preparing patients for the fixed or removable prosthodontic service -- 6. Patient preparation; counseling and communication -- 7. Radiology -- 8. The restoration of mandibular function -- 9. Periodontal preparation of the partially edentulous patient -- 10. Preparation of the edentulous tissues -- 11. Endodontic considerations in prosthodontic design -- 12. The buildup of individual teeth -- 13. Preprosthodontic orthodontic treatment -- SECTION THREE -- Principles of occlusion and the use of articulating instruments in partial prosthodontics -- 14. The physiology of occlusion in partially edentulous patients -- 15. The consequences of occlusal interferences -- 16. Various centric positions and methods of recording them -- 17. Articulators in restoring occlusion -- 18. Diagnostic workup of the occlusion -- 19. The vertical dimension of occlusion for the partially edentulous patient -- 20.Occlusion and the restorative materials used. -- 21. The functionally generated path technique -- SECTION FOUR The biomechanical properties of materials employed -- 22. Porcelain-metal restorations -- 23. The Stellite alloys -- 24. Acrylic resin facings and denture base materials -- 25. Dental cements -- 26. Electrocorrosive properties of prosthodontic materials -- SECTION FIVE -- The cosmetic aspects of partial prosthodontic rehabilitation -- 27. The cosmetic aspects of partial prosthodontic rehabilitation -- SECTION SIX -- Fixed partial prosthodontics: clinical and laboratory protocol -- 28. Design and preparation of abutments for fixed prostheses -- 29. Placement of margins -- 30. Impressions, casts, and dies: factors in the selection and handling of materials; the management of tissues -- 31. Interim treatment -- 32. Crown and pontic design for optimal tissue maintenance -- 33. Cementation of fixed prostheses -- 34. Laboratory protocol for fixed partial prostheses -- SECTION SEVEN -- Removable partial prosthodontics: clinical and laboratory protocol -- 35. Overall design and classification of removable partial dentures, -- 36. Tooth-supported removable partial dentures -- 37. Dentogingivally supported removable partial dentures -- 38. The design of removable partial dentures -- 39 Use of the dental surveyor: a case design -- 40. Clinical procedures in removable partial prosthodontics -- 41. Laboratory protocol for removable partial prostheses -- 42. Other topics in removable partial dentures -- SECTION EIGHT Alternative clinical techniques for the partially edentulous patient -- 43. Precision and semiprecision attachments -- 44. Removable partial overdentures -- 45. Swing-lock removable partial dentures -- 46. Dental implants -- SECTION NINE -- Maxillofacial prosthodontics and the partially edentulous patient -- 47. Prosthodontic treatment for the young adult cleft palate patient -- 48. Oral trauma and the prosthodontic patient -- 49. Prosthodontic rehabilitation of postsurgical cancer patients