Partial Dentures

A historical overview of partial denture prosthetics; Partial denture classification; Aims in partial denture construction and a consideration of alternatives; Physiology and pathology of occlusion; The reaction of the dental apparatus to loading; A perspective on periodontal disease; Treatment planning and mouth preparation; Cast surveying; Materials used in partial denture construction; The component parts of a partial denture; The bilateral free-end saddle (Kennedy class I); The unilateral free-end saddle (Kennedy class II); The bounded saddle (Kennedy class III); The anterior bounded saddle (Kennedy class IV); Impression taking; Registration of jaw relations; The trial denture; Aesthetics; Rebasing; Denture insertion; Rebasing; Periodontal prostheses and mouth protectors; Instructions to patients; Clinical and laboratory sequences in partial denture reconstruction.