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Removable Partial Dentures

A Practitioners’ Manual

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Editors:
  1. Olcay Şakar

    1. Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Prosthodontics, İstanbul University, İstanbul, Türkiye

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  • Provides scientifically supported information on clasp-, precision attachment and implant-retained digital RPDs
  • Discusses maintenance and post-insertion problems for all types of RPD, as well as the rules for disinfection.
  • Includes numerous color figures and supporting video clips

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction to Removable Partial Dentures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Current Status on Partial Edentulism and Removable Partial Dentures

      • Olcay Şakar
      Pages 3-9

    3. The Effects of Partial Edentulism on the Stomatognathic System and General Health

      • Olcay Şakar
      Pages 11-19

    4. Classification of Partially Edentulous Arches

      • Olcay Şakar
      Pages 21-25

  3. Treatment Planning, Mouth Preparation and Impression Procedures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Biomechanics of Removable Partial Dentures

      • Canan Bural Alan
      Pages 29-40

    3. Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Partially Edentulous Patients

      • Tonguç Sülün, Olcay Şakar
      Pages 41-56

    4. Preparation of the Mouth for Removable Partial Dentures

      • Hakan Bilhan
      Pages 57-72

    5. Preparation of the Abutment Teeth for Removable Partial Dentures

      • Muzaffer Ateş
      Pages 73-82

    6. Impression Materials and Procedures for Removable Partial Dentures

      • Burç Gençel
      Pages 83-96

  4. Clasp Retained Removable Partial Dentures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. Major and Minor Connectors

      • Olcay Şakar
      Pages 99-109

    3. Rests and Rest Seats

      • Olcay Şakar
      Pages 111-116

    4. Direct and Indirect Retainers

      • Canan Bural Alan, Onur Geçkili
      Pages 117-138

    5. Esthetic Solutions for Removable Partial Dentures

      • Olcay Şakar
      Pages 139-152

    6. Establishing Occlusal Relationships

      • Tonguç Sülün
      Pages 153-167

    7. Surveying and Laboratory Procedures

      • Burç Gençel, Max Bosshart
      Pages 169-186

    8. Initial Placement and Adjustments

      • Tonguç Sülün
      Pages 187-192

  5. Advanced Retention and Support Auxiliaries for Removable Partial Dentures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
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About this book

This clinical guide, now in an extensively revised second edition, describes the latest developments in planning, materials, and techniques for successful fabrication of removable partial dentures (RPDs). The fabrication of conventional and digital RPDs are demonstrated in a simple and easy-to-understand format, with the aid of numerous color figures and video clips with scientific support on each page. Care has been taken to provide reliable guidance on all aspects of clinical practice relating to RPDs. Readers will find information on decision-making regarding treatment options, clasp-retained RPDs and esthetic solutions, attachments and double crown systems in RPDs, implant-assisted RPDs, maintenance and post-insertion problems for all types of RPDs, the role of RPDs in the management of temporomandibular disorders and the treatment of maxillofacial defects, the re-establishment of occlusal vertical dimension and maximal intercuspation, the rules for disinfection in prosthodontic practice.   

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Prosthodontics, İstanbul University, İstanbul, Türkiye

    Olcay Şakar

About the editor

Olcay Şakar DDS, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, İstanbul University, İstanbul, Türkiye. Dr. Şakar graduated from İstanbul University Faculty of Dentistry in 1987 and after completing her PhD thesis “The factors affecting successful esthetics in complete and removable partial dentures”, became Associate Professor in 2000 and  Professor in 2007 in the Prosthodontics Department of the same faculty.  Dr. Şakar has published more than 50 articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals and has given numerous presentations at meetings both within Türkiye and overseas.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Removable Partial Dentures

  • Book Subtitle: A Practitioners’ Manual

  • Editors: Olcay Şakar

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47083-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-47082-0Published: 18 May 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-47085-1Due: 18 June 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-47083-7Published: 17 May 2024

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 423

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 516 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Dentistry

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