Stewart's Clinical Removable Partial Prosthodontics (eBook)

Rodney D. Phoenix, DDS, MSD, FACP, is a Colonel in the US Air Force and currently serves as the Director of Resident Education in the Graduate Prosthodontics Program at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. He earned his dental degree from The Ohio State University and his master's degree in prosthodontics from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. In addition, Dr Phoenix received a certificate in dental biomaterial from the University of Florida College of Dentistry and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics and a Fellow of the American College of Prosthodontists. He is currently an assistant professor and an assistant chairman in the Department of Prosthodontics at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, where he also has a practice specializing in prosthodontics. Dr Phoenix has published works in the fields of dental material, restorative dentistry, and prosthodontics. He is also a reviewer and section editor for the Yearbook of Dentistry and the Journal of Prosthodontics.

1. Introduction and Classification
2. Major Connectors, Minor Connectors, Rests, and Rest Seats
3. Direct Retainers, Indirect Retainers, and Tooth Replacements
4. Mechanical Principles ASsociated with Removable Partial Dentures
5. The First Diagnostic Appointment
6. The Second Diagnostic Appointment
7. Survey and Design
8. I-Bar Removable Partial Dentures
9. Implant-Assisted Removable Partial Dentures
10. Mouth Preparation and Master Cast
11. Laboratory Procedures for Framework Construction
12. Fitting the Framework
13. Special Impression Procedures for Tooth-Tissue-Supported Removable Partial Dentures
14. Establishing Occlusal Relationships
15. Try-In and Completion of the Partial Denture
16. Delivering the Removable Partial Denture
17. Postinsertion Observations
18. Maintenance and Repair of Removable Partial Dentures
19. Interim, Transitional, and Treatment Prostheses
20. Other Forms of Removable Partial Dentures
21. Attachments for Removable Partial Dentures