McCracken's Removable Partial Prosthodontics

Alan B. Carr, DMD is a Prosthodontic Consultant and Professor of Dentistry in the Department of Dental Specialties at the Mayo Clinic. He specializes in oral health-systemic health interactions and how a patient's oral health-related findings may impact overall disease prevention and management.

• PART I: GENERAL CONCEPTS/TREATMENT PLANNING1. PARTIALLY EDENTULOUS EPIDEMIOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND TERMINOLOGY2. CONSIDERATION FOR MANAGING PARTIAL TOOTH LOSS3. CLASSIFICATION OF PARTIALLY EDENTULOUS ARCHES4. BIOMECHANICS OF REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES5. MAJOR AND MINOR CONNECTORS6. RESTS AND REST SEATS7. DIRECT RETAINERS8. INDIRECT RETAINERS9. DENTURE BASE CONSIDERATIONS10. PRINCIPLES OF REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURE DESIGN11. SURVEYINGPART II: CLINICAL AND LABORATORY12. DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PLANNING13. PREPARATION OF MOUTH FOR REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES14. PREPARATION OF ABUTMENT TEETH15. IMPRESSION MATERIALS AND PROCEDURES FOR REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES16. SUPPORT FOR THE DISTAL EXTENSION DENTURE BASE17. OCCLUSAL RELATIONSHIPS FOR REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES18. LABORATORY PROCEDURES19. WORK AUTHORIZATIONS FOR REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES20. INITIAL PLACEMENT, ADJUSTMENT, AND SERVICING OF THE REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTUREPART III: MAINTENANCE21. RELINING AND REBASING THE REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURE22. REPAIRS AND ADDITIONS TO REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES23. INTERIM REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES24. REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURE CONSIDERATIONS IN MAXILLOFACIAL PROSTHETICS25. CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE USE OF DENTAL IMPLANTS WITH REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES