Prosthodontic Treatment For Edentulous Patients :

Prosthodontic Treatment For Edentulous Patients : Complete Dentures and Implant-Supported Prostheses / editors, George Zarb ... [et al] ; associate editors, Aaron H. Fenton ... [et al.]. - 12th ed. / senior editors, George A. Zarb, Charles L. Bolender ; associate editors, Steven E. Eckert ... [et al.] - St Louis, Mo. : Mosby, c2013. - xi, 452 p. : 29 cm. ill. (some col.) ;

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. The patient. 1. The edentulous state -- 2. Systemic health aspects and nutritional considerations for edentulous patients -- 3. The aging edentulous patient -- 4. Sequelae caused by wearing complete dentures -- Pt. 2. Treatment options. 5. History taking, treatment planning and improving denture-bearing areas for edentulous patients -- 6. Additional treatment planning options for both edentulous and potentially edentulous patients -- Pt. Three. The materials used. 7. Materials used in the management of edentulous patients -- Pt. 4. Clinical protocols for diverse treatment scenarios. -- 8. Maxillary and mandibular analougue/substitutes for the denture-bearing area -- 9. The dentures' polished surfaces, recording jaw relations, and their transfer to an articulator -- 10. The occlusal surfaces: the selection and arrangement of prosthetic teeth -- 11. The try-in appointment -- 12. Prosthesis insertion and follow-up appointments -- 13. Modified protocols for immediate dentures, overdentures, and single dentures -- 14. Prolonging the useful life of complete dentures: relines, repairs and duplications -- 15. Speech considerations with complete dentures -- Pt. 5. Clinical protocols specific to implant-retained and implanted supported prosthodontic management. -- 16. The science of osseointegration -- 17. Implant overdentures -- 18. Fixed full arch implant-supported prostheses for the edentulous patient -- 19. Maxillofacial prosthodontics for the edentulous patient -- 20. Managing problems and complications -- 21. Immediately loaded complete dental prostheses -- 22. Current and possible future directions in implant prosthdontics -- Pt. 6. Additional considerations in the management of edentulous patients. 23. The impact of socioeconomic, cultural and technological changes and the notion of standards of care and alternative protocols.

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Complete dentures.
Tooth loss
Edentulous mouth.
Mouth, Edentulous.
Denture, Complete



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