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Complete denture and overdenture prosthetics
I By Charles C. Alhng III, John F. HelWB Saunders frick, and Rocklin I). Al1in.g. Philadelphia: Company, 1.993, 50 This is a comprehensive, up-to-date book concerning issues related to im ted teeth, not just third molars. It is intended f9r a br range of health care providers from family physicians and dentists to dental specialists, residents in training, and oral and maxillofacial surgeons in training and in practice. The 23 chapters are well-organized and well-illustrated. Historical perspectives are provided, as are current trends. ationales for treatment decisions and surgical techniques are given, along with the supporting research for these rationales. A~~ro~~~ate references are found within the text and after each chapter, providing guidance to further exploration of the issues involved. The American Association of Oral and ~~a~~llof~~ial Surgeons (AAOMS) Parameters of Care are covered as an Appendix. This book brings together in one volume the myriad factors associated with impacted teeth. These range from inary ~o~~deratio~s to final outcomes. Preliminary erations include the etiology of impacted teeth, dis, and treatment planning. It encompasses issues of management that range from surgical treatment, postoperative ~orn~~ic~t~or~s, medicolegal concerns, and practice o definitive outcome assessment as defined S Parameters of Care. Surgical techniques depth. The authors are well-recognized authorities with extensive experience. They draw upon this experience to provide information that should allow practitioners to render the best advice and care for their patients.
Any general dentist or dental specialist, including expemaxil~ofa~ia~ surgeons, who advises or treats patients with impacted teeth can learn from reading this book, and it will serve as a valuable reference in their ~~ofe~s~~~a~ library. ~s$~~~A~T~~~F~~s~~ DEP.~XTMENTOF
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Prosthetics.
artin Kundert, and Charles Kelsey. orge Thieme Verlag, New York: Thieme ishers, Inc., 1993, 262 pages, 1023 illustrations, most in color. Price $395.00. This textbook
is the fifth in a series titled “Color Atlas ine” edited by Klaus H. Rateitschak and te in their preface that in ts in dental practice and keeping with ret 01% to formulate treatment movement away from replacement thinking and toward preventive thinking. The many subjects covered in the atlas, in addition to complete
dentures, overdentures, and mainr.eni~i-hc~ .nrlud.e pregrosthetie surgery, impression making for n&by ridges, static recording of rn~~i~lorna~dib~~ar relations, arrangements, immediate and duplicate slant-supposed ~orn~l~te lower dentures retentive elements, and hybrid. root coping and base The atlas is di.vided Dentures, ~~erdentur and Overdenture ~ati~~ts~ T h&rations (mostly color) are most of the topics the nate that many of tke intraoral clinical ~~o~~~~~~~~~show an ungloved hand of the operator, -jshh:h indic2l;es that some of these ~~~otogra~bs may be dared, The supp text for the clinical procedures is clear, i~mcise, an organized. The atlas is hardbound an ihe quality cd the print and pictures is first rate. It is somewhat diflicult to address tile theor~y behind the technique adequately in the form of an a&s, This may be why this particular text falls somewhat short in the chapters on immediate Dentures a rationale behind anterior toot presented and the chapter on confuse the reader on the teebmucostatic, mu~ody~ami~, and modified ~~~~Gstati~ erly arid. ~Sy~bQl~gy in niques. However, chapters on the complete dentures are excellent a s3ecs al? active rather than a reactive ~art~c~~at~o~ playing m important role in the ~u~~ti~~a~ ~~hab~l~tat~~~ of the patienl~. i2’harough case history, conversing with a patient before ~o~~rn~~~i~.~ treatment, and patient attitude are points well made. In the states precisely authors’ words, “never treat a strangerii what the re~atjo~~hi~ between doctor ami patient should be. The chapter on ~~e~rost~e~~~ aurger> i’:lust~ates well the various procedures used to improve the oral environe extensive section on ~~erde.~t~ri~ is outstanding both pictorially and textually, It covers al! phases of therapy from evaluation criteria to preliminary t~e~~~~~~t to actual prosthetic procedures although it WY&~ have been helpful if the authors showed in some fa&ion h.ow the artificial teeth were attached to their exquisite ~ve~d~~t~~~e frameworks in the base design sec~km. The reference section is unique, with each major topic covered in the text having an extensk = list of foreigP1 and domesti6 articles for the reader to n+source, duake dentist for their The authors have targete :e students. Ti;ese cerreadership instead of under
Any general dentist or dental specialist, including expemaxil~ofa~ia~ surgeons, who advises or treats patients with impacted teeth can learn from reading this book, and it will serve as a valuable reference in their ~~ofe~s~~~a~ library. ~s$~~~A~T~~~F~~s~~ DEP.~XTMENTOF
ORALAND
MAXILLOFACIAISURGERY
S~H~OLOFDENTALMEDICINE
S13NY AT R?JFF&Lo,NY
kFlAL0
14214-3008
verdenture
Prosthetics.
artin Kundert, and Charles Kelsey. orge Thieme Verlag, New York: Thieme ishers, Inc., 1993, 262 pages, 1023 illustrations, most in color. Price $395.00. This textbook
is the fifth in a series titled “Color Atlas ine” edited by Klaus H. Rateitschak and te in their preface that in ts in dental practice and keeping with ret 01% to formulate treatment movement away from replacement thinking and toward preventive thinking. The many subjects covered in the atlas, in addition to complete
dentures, overdentures, and mainr.eni~i-hc~ .nrlud.e pregrosthetie surgery, impression making for n&by ridges, static recording of rn~~i~lorna~dib~~ar relations, arrangements, immediate and duplicate slant-supposed ~orn~l~te lower dentures retentive elements, and hybrid. root coping and base The atlas is di.vided Dentures, ~~erdentur and Overdenture ~ati~~ts~ T h&rations (mostly color) are most of the topics the nate that many of tke intraoral clinical ~~o~~~~~~~~~show an ungloved hand of the operator, -jshh:h indic2l;es that some of these ~~~otogra~bs may be dared, The supp text for the clinical procedures is clear, i~mcise, an organized. The atlas is hardbound an ihe quality cd the print and pictures is first rate. It is somewhat diflicult to address tile theor~y behind the technique adequately in the form of an a&s, This may be why this particular text falls somewhat short in the chapters on immediate Dentures a rationale behind anterior toot presented and the chapter on confuse the reader on the teebmucostatic, mu~ody~ami~, and modified ~~~~Gstati~ erly arid. ~Sy~bQl~gy in niques. However, chapters on the complete dentures are excellent a s3ecs al? active rather than a reactive ~art~c~~at~o~ playing m important role in the ~u~~ti~~a~ ~~hab~l~tat~~~ of the patienl~. i2’harough case history, conversing with a patient before ~o~~rn~~~i~.~ treatment, and patient attitude are points well made. In the states precisely authors’ words, “never treat a strangerii what the re~atjo~~hi~ between doctor ami patient should be. The chapter on ~~e~rost~e~~~ aurger> i’:lust~ates well the various procedures used to improve the oral environe extensive section on ~~erde.~t~ri~ is outstanding both pictorially and textually, It covers al! phases of therapy from evaluation criteria to preliminary t~e~~~~~~t to actual prosthetic procedures although it WY&~ have been helpful if the authors showed in some fa&ion h.ow the artificial teeth were attached to their exquisite ~ve~d~~t~~~e frameworks in the base design sec~km. The reference section is unique, with each major topic covered in the text having an extensk = list of foreigP1 and domesti6 articles for the reader to n+source, duake dentist for their The authors have targete :e students. Ti;ese cerreadership instead of under