Complete Dentures [Paperback]

This is a user-friendly guide to the principles of complete denture construction. It is a practical, extensively illustrated book for the general dental practitioner, starting with the examination of the edentulous patient and progressing through the different treatments in a logical way. A range of procedures has been described in sufficient detail so that the dentist can apply the best treatment measure to the specific clinical problem. A final chapter on domiciliary treatment has been included because elderly, housebound patients often present problems such as denture retention (because of the patients residual ridge atrophy or insufficient muscular control). Reference to original research work has been included so that the reader can explore the research evidence for himself.

1 Treatment Planning: Assessing the Task Ahead.- The Examination of the Patient.- History of the Patients Complaint.- The Gagging Patient.- Medical History.- Examination of the Extraoral Tissues.- Examination of the Oral Tissues.- Examination of the Dentures.- Denture Retention.- Denture Stability.- Denture Occlusion.- Examination of the Hard Tissues.- Examination of the Soft Tissues: Denture Stomatitis.- Treatment of Denture Stomatitis.- Adjusting the Occlusion in Patients with Denture Stomatitis.- Cleaning the Dentures in Patients with Denture Stomatitis.- Improving Tissue Adaptation in Patients with Denture Stomatitis: Technique for Chairside Reline.- Resilient Lining Materials.- Other Soft Tissue Abnormalities.- Prognosis of Treatment.- References.- 2 Impression Taking and Mucosal Loading.- Anatomy of Mucosal Tissues.- How Does Oral Mucosa Behave in Function?.- The Principles of Impression Procedures.- Impression Taking Procedures.- The Mucostatic Impression Technique.- The Mucocompressive Impression Technique.- The Selective Mucocompressive Impression Technique.- Disinfection Procedures.- The Impression in the Maxillary Region.- The Primary Compound Impression.- Thelc