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<p>Foreword vii</p> <p>Acknowledgements ix</p> <p>About the Companion Website xi</p> <p>1 The Diagnostic Appointment 1</p> <p>2 Preliminary Impressions 5</p> <p>3 Custom Trays: The Key to a Great Final Impression 17</p> <p>4 Using Custom Trays to Make Final Impressions 25</p> <p>5 The Final Impression 41</p> <p>6 Boxing and Pouring a Final Impression 47</p> <p>7 Base Plates and Occlusion Rims 51</p> <p>8 Adjusting Wax Rims to Fit the Patient 57</p> <p>9 Using the Denar Facebow 59</p> <p>10 Mounting Maxillary Casts on an Articulator 63</p> <p>11 Centric Relation Records 67</p> <p>12 Selecting Proper Denture Teeth 73</p> <p>13 Setting Anterior Denture Teeth 81</p> <p>14 Setting Posterior Anatomic Teeth in Bilaterally Balanced Occlusion 85</p> <p>15 Setting Zero‐Degree Posterior Teeth in Monoplane Occlusion 93</p> <p>16 Overview of Lingualized Occlusion 99</p> <p>17 Setting Teeth in a Lingualized Occlusion 105</p> <p>18 The Anterior Esthetic Wax Try-In 111</p> <p>19 The Complete Denture Wax-Up 115</p> <p>20 Sealing Complete Dentures to the Cast 121</p> <p>21 The Wax Try-in of Teeth 123</p> <p>22 Making an Arbitrary Posterior Palatal Seal in the Lab 135</p> <p>23 Interacting with Dental Labs 137</p> <p>24 Flasking, Packing, and Processing Complete Dentures 139</p> <p>25 Completing a Laboratory Remount 151</p> <p>26 Making a Remount Index 155</p> <p>27 Remove Complete Denture from the Cast and Finish 159</p> <p>28 Quality Standards in Appearance 165</p> <p>29 Inserting Complete Dentures in the Mouth 169</p> <p>30 Performing a Clinical Remount 175</p> <p>31 Equilibrating Dentures Set in Lingualized Occlusion 187</p> <p>32 Equilibrating Fully Anatomic (30^°) Set‐Ups 191</p> <p>33 Equilibrating Complete Dentures Set in a Monoplane Occlusion 197</p> <p>34 Troubleshooting Complete Denture Problems 199</p> <p>35 Replacing Teeth on a Complete Denture 215</p> <p>36 Repairing a Broken Complete Denture 219</p> <p>37 Using Implants to Stabilize a Complete Denture 229</p> <p>38 Immediate Complete Dentures 239</p> <p>39 Tissue Conditioners 253</p> <p>40 The Fabrication of Digital Complete Dentures 263</p> <p>List of Captions 271</p> <p>Index 293</p>

<p><b>The Editors</b> <p><b>CARL F. DRISCOLL, DMD,</b> is a Professor of Prosthodontics at the School of Dentistry, University of Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland, USA and in private practice in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. <p><b>WILLIAM GLEN GOLDEN, DDS,</b> is retired from the United States Navy Dental Corps and a retired Clinical Associate Professor of Prosthodontics from the Ohio State University College of Dentistry in Columbus, Ohio, USA.

<p><b>Provides practical, step-by-step information to the techniques, materials, and methods associated with fabricating and fitting patients for complete dentures</b> <p>This book presents step-by-step procedures for all techniques, materials, and methods associated with the use of complete dentures in dental practice. Written for dental students, dental general practitioners, and laboratory technicians, the book provides a practical approach to the complete denture patient. More than 800 photographs illustrate the text, making it easy to follow and apply in the practice or laboratory. <p><i>Treating the Complete Denture Patient</i> covers all topics related to complete dentures, from the initial appointment and impressions to insertion and troubleshooting. Chapters discuss the diagnostic appointment, covering the analyzing of and treatment planning for edentulous patients; the making of preliminary impressions for the beginning stages of treatment; custom trays for final impression appointments; and much more. <ul> <li>Presents easy-to-use, clinically relevant information on all topics related to complete dentures</li> <li>Covers all the steps associated with providing complete dentures, from the initial appointment and impressions to inserting and troubleshooting problems</li> <li>Features hundreds of high-quality color photographs to depict the concepts discussed</li> <li>Includes access to a companion website offering video clips</li> </ul> <p><i>Treating the Complete Denture Patient</i> is an essential resource for dental general practitioners, dental students, and laboratory technicians.

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