Part 1 General dental prosthetics: applied anatomy; the causes and consequences of tooth loss - the purpose of dentures; jaw relationships and border paths; examination of the patient; materials employed in the various stages of denture construction; materials from which partial and complete dentures are constructed; diagnosis and integrated treatment plan. Part 2 Partial dentures: principles of surveying; the components of a cast metal partial denture; partial denture design; clinical stages in the construction of partial dentures; design examples; plastic partial dentures; partical dentures for specific problems, and relining partial dentures; resin retained bridges. Part 3 Complete dentures: impressions; the registration of jaw relationships; articulators; setting up the teeth; aesthetics and trial insertion; insertion of complete dentures; special techniques for complete dentures; the damage dentures can cause - aftercare for the denture patient. Part 4 Special dental prosthetics: obturators, overdentures, and implants; the problem denture patient; preprosthetic surgery; prosthetic care of the elderly and very young; immediate complete dentures; surgical procedures for immediate dentures.
