This book provides its readers with a structured approach to decision-making and case management in oral rehabilitation. It is built around actual patient cases from simple prosthodontics to complex full-mouth reconstructions, demonstrating a formal process by which a diagnosis and treatment plan is reached. Grounded firmly in evidence-based principles, the book also includes a chapter on literature searching in dentistry, which is critical for acquiring a knowledge-base for informed decisions in clinical treatment. Featuring an approach to prosthodontics and oral rehabilitation that is both instructional and practical, Oral Rehabilitation: A Case-Based Approach will help clinicians to develop the necessary skills to make consistent, evidence-based clinical decisions. KEY FEATURES • Presents a case-based process showing how diagnosis and treatment is achieved • Covers a range of clinical scenarios from simple to complex presentations • Illustrates each case fully, with stages documented by colour photographs • Emphasises inter-disciplinary management in prosthodontics • Accompanied by a website containing illustrative video clips

This book covers the most suitable techniques for the rehabilitation of patients experiencing tooth loss, trauma or other situations resulting in bone atrophy. The book discusses current technologies, from diagnosis to treatment and surgery, applied to atrophic jaws using innovative tools and new PSI (patient specific implant) approaches. Oral Rehabilitation of the Atrophic Maxilla and the selection of the best treatment options for patients is one of the most difficult tasks facing the profession today. Readers will be able to solve complex problems and evaluate all available applications for patient management. Zygomatic implants, reconstructive surgery with bone grafts, post-oncologicasl and post traumatic reconstructions as well as dynamic navigation and robot assisted dental surgery are covered. The book is written by recognized experts and leaders in the field, and includes simpler techniques within the reach of many implantologists and more complex techniques that require specific surgical skills. It is relevant for, implanologist, periodontists, oral and maxillofacial surgeon, prosthodontists and every clinician treating maxillary atrophy.

This new book focuses on dental implants used in conjunction with other prosthetic devices in the general dentist's office, designed to help the partially or completely edentulous patient recover normal function, esthetics, comfort, and speech. Step-by-step procedures guide practitioners through challenging clinical situations and assist them in refining their technique. The information in this practical, highly illustrated book reflects the latest in continued research, diagnostic tools, treatment planning, implant designs, materials, and techniques. Prosthetic devices covered in this include complete dentures, bridges, overdentures, and various dental implant systems. A comprehensive chapter covering immediate load implants teaches dentists how to provide an edentulous patient with implants the same day surgery is performed. A thorough discussion of preimplant prosthodontic considerations takes the practitioner through the vital assessment steps necessary to plan treatment. Considerations for assessing the restorability of teeth adjacent to potential implant sites include abutment size, crown-root ratio, endodontic status, root configuration, tooth position, parallelism, root surface area, caries, and periodontal status. Fixed treatment planning options for the completely edentulous mandibular arches expands treatment options available to dentists, helping them to treat more patients. Material thoroughly explores the three dimensional concept of available bone and the implant treatment options for each type of bone anatomy, which enables practitioners to treat patients at any stage of edentulism. Comparisons of the periodontal indices for a natural tooth and an osteointegrated implant alert clinicians to fundamental differences in the support system. Basic biomechanics are discussed, demonstrating how these principles also relate to the scientific rationale for contemporary and future dental implant designs. A comprehensive discussion of bone density in an edentulous site explains this determining factor in treatment planning, implant design, surgical approach, healing time, and initial progressive bone loading during prosthetic reconstruction.

This seminal book articulates a new paradigm in prosthodontic practice documenting a radical shift in clinical focus toward a more biologic and patient-centered approach. Drawing on 25 years of collective knowledge and experience, the authors guide readers through each step of this comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to patient care. This book centers on diagnosis and clinical decision making for prosthetic rehabilitation, which demands equal consideration of patients' systemic, psychologic, and functional needs as well as basic knowledge of the other disciplines of dentistry. With impressive supporting documentation from the literature, the authors outline a systematic approach to evidence-based prosthodontics. Restorative dentists at all levels will be eager to embrace this innovative approach to patient care.

This book is designed to help dentists in general practice to improve the results of prosthetic procedures in medically compromised and elderly patients. In particular, it critically scrutinizes various dogmas that govern practitioners’ approaches yet lack sound scientific support and often have an adverse effect on outcomes. Attention is drawn to straightforward procedures that offer significant clinical benefits and to aspects that are too often neglected, such as the impact of systemic diseases. New light is cast, for example, on the taking of dental impressions, the treatment of malocclusions, the making of jaw relation records, the relationship between denture quality and patient satisfaction, and the use of implant-supported overdentures versus traditional complete prostheses (dentures). As Albert Einstein once said, "It is what we think we know that prevents us from learning more." Readers will find that this book helps them to re-examine taken-for-granted elements of their practice, leading to improved care and patient satisfaction.