Theory And Practice Of Precision Attachment Removable Partial Dentures

Author is in private practice, Cardiff, UK. Illustrates the advantages of precision attachments through cases that can be used as a reference for treatment planning. Contents include treatment planning, free-end saddle, bounded saddle, overdentures, auxiliary attachments and more. Color and halftone illustrations. For clinicians.

By definition, the term precision denotes ‘the quality or state of being precise’. Misconceptions about the use of intracoronally retained prosthesis have discouraged many practitioners to use them in their dental practices. However the prosthodontist who employs this form of treatment quickly learns of its benefits in providing patients with an esthetic prosthesis. It offers considerable advantages in dentistry because of their flexibility Precision attachments are sometimes said to be a connecting link between the fixed and removable type of partial dentures because it incorporates features common to both types of construction. Precision attachments retain and attach a removable bridge or partial denture on natural teeth vital or non-vital. Some serve as retainers for full dentures (over dentures) where few abutments remain. The main purpose of each precision attachment besides retention is its concealment within or under a restoration as an esthetically better alternative to a visible clasp retainer

Removable Partial Dentures: A Clinician's Guide is a highly practical step-by-step guide to the diagnosis, treatment planning, and manufacture of removable partial prostheses. Through its systematic approach, the book demystifies the clinical practice of these procedures, providing the practitioner with essential information on this common modality for partially edentulous patients. This clinical manual offers easy-to-follow instruction on removable partial dentures, thoroughly outlining this technique in a practical format. Aimed at the new dental professional, Removable Partial Dentures provides key information for general dentists and prosthodontists.

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.

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