Textbook Of Prosthodontics by V Rangarajan

Key Features

• Covers DCI prescribed syllabus for UGs
• Contains numerous tables, boxes, flowcharts and more than 3000 high quality colour photos and line diagrams to supplement the text
• Contains dedicated chapters on Porcelain Laminate Veneers, Attachment Retained Dentures, Overdentures, and Smile Design
• Provides section wise Suggested Reading and chapter wise Sample Questions in Appendices section
• Companion website (www.manthan.info/) provides latest Glossary of Prosthodontic Terms for
• additional reading

About the Book: Textbook of Prosthodontics

Textbook of Prosthodontics encompasses all the different subspecialities of prosthodontics like Complete Dentures (CD), Removable Partial Dentures (RPD), Fixed Partial Dentures (FPD), Oral Implantology (OI) and Maxillofacial Prosthetics (MFP) with an aim to demystify the subject. The book provides a strong basic foundation along with contemporary clinical and laboratory applications. The book is written in an easy -to-comprehend-and-remember style, the clinical and laboratory aspects are depicted with colour photographs, radiographs, line arts, tables, boxes and flowcharts to make text self-explanatory.

Useful for UGs as a prosthodontic textbook, an easy-to-practice book for the general practitioners and a basic reference for the PG

Contents:

Section I: COMPLETE DENTURES

1. Introduction

2. Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

3. Mouth Preparation

4. Impressions and Casts

5. Record Bases and Occlusal Rims

6. Maxillomandibular Relations

7. Articulation

8. Occlusion

9. Selection of Artificial Teeth

10. Teeth Arrangement

11. Try-in

12. Processing and Remounting

13. Denture Insertion

14. Postinsertion Problems

15. Refitting and Repair

16. Single Complete Denture

17. Immediate Dentures

Section II: REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES

18. Introduction

19. Sequelae of Partial Edentulism

20. Classification of Partially Edentulous Arches

21. Component Parts

22. Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

23. Surveying

24. Principles and Design

25. Mouth Preparation

26. Secondary Impressions and Master Cast

27. Fabrication of Removable Partial Denture

28. Denture Insertion

29. Refitting and Repair

30. Forms of Removable Partial Dentures

Section III: FIXED PARTIAL DENTURES

31. Introduction

32. Component Parts

33. Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

34. Occlusion

35. Tooth Preparation

36. Fluid Control and Gingival Displacement

37. Impression Making

38. Provisional Restorations

39. Shade Selection and Lab Communication

40. Lab Procedures

41. Try-in and Cementation

42. Failures in Fixed Partial Dentures

43. Metal Free Ceramic Restorations

44. Resin Bonded Fixed Partial Dentures

45. Restoration of Endodontically Treated Teeth

Section IV: MISCELLANEOUS

46. Ceramic Laminate Veneers

47. Attachment Retained Dentures

48. Overdentures

49. Oral Implantology

50. Maxillofacial Prosthetics

51. Smile Design

Appendices

Index

About the Author: V Rangarajan, TV Padmanabhan

V Rangarajan MDS is currently Vice Principal, Professor and Head, Dept of Prosthodontics at Sri Venkateswara Dental College, Chennai. He is a Diplomate in Oral Implantology from ICOI, one of the first Indians to achieve this distinction. He is also Secretary cum Treasurer of Indian Prosthodontic Society since 2006; President Elect, Indian Dental Association, Madras Branch; Treasurer, Asian Academy of Prosthodontics; and President, Tamil Nadu Prosthodontic and Implant Society. He has delivered over 50 keynote lectures in national and international conventions and has published in indexed journals. He has been in private practice since 1993 and runs a multispeciality dental centre in Chennai, with a laboratory attached for ceramic technology.

TV Padmanabhan MDS is currently Professor and Head, Dept of Prosthodontics, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai. He is a Diplomate of ICOI. He is also Chairman of Indian Board of Prosthodontics since 2012. He was also past President of Indian Prosthodontic Society and first and the only Indian to become the President of Asian Academy of Prosthodontics. He has lectured extensively in both national and international conferences and conducted many hands on courses. He has more than 50 publications in national and peer reviewed international journals. He has been in active clinical practice in Chennai since 1984.