Dental Laboratory Procedures: First South Asia Edition (3 Vol Set)

Description

The focus of the current edition is to update the classical text and incorporate the advances in materials, equipment and techniques which have occurred over the last few decades. Critically, these technological advances in clinical techniques, dental materials and laboratory procedures have led to more accurate and predictable outcomes of dental treatment.

Table of Contents

1. 1. Preface to the Second Edition ix
   2. Acknowledgement to the First South
   3. Asia Edition xi
   4. About the Adaptation Editor xiii
   5. Contributors xv 
   6. Effective Dentist–Technician Communication
      1. Introduction 1
      2. Paradigm of Dentist–Technician Communication 2
      3. Basic Communication Principles 2
      4. Medium of Communication 2
      5. Barriers in Communication 2
      6. Parameters in Communication 2
      7. Feedback 3
      8. Planning the Communication 3
      9. Technician Soliciting New Accounts 3
      10. Dentist in Search of a Laboratory 4
      11. Legal and Ethical Obligations 6
      12. Better Communication = Better Treatment Planning 6
      13. Recent Advances in Dental Communication 6
      14. Tooth Shades Software 7
      15. Work Authorisation 7
      16. Terminology 8
      17. Evaluation and Feedback from the Dentist 8
      18. Conclusions 9
   7. Preliminary Impressions Care and Pouring
      1. Requirements of Cast 11
      2. Alginate preliminary Impressions 12
      3. Modelling Plastic Impressions 12
      4. Procedure for Pouring a Preliminary Impression 12
      5. Problem Areas of Alginate Impression 19
      6. Problem Areas of Modelling Plastic Impression 20
      7. Summary 21
   8. Impression Trays
      1. Introduction 25
      2. Requirements for Impression Trays 25
      3. Impression Tray Materials and Procedure 25
      4. Summary 41
   9. Final Impressions, Boxing and Pouring
      1. Boxing Impressions 43
      1. Indexing the Cast 59
      2. Summary 61
   10. Record Bases and Occlusion Rims
       1. Introduction of Record Bases 65
       2. Requirements for Record Bases 66
       3. Record Base Materials 67
       4. Auto-Polymerising Resin Record Bases 67
       5. Shellac Baseplates 77
       6. Thermoplastic Resin Baseplates and Vacuum-Adapted
       7. Resin Record Bases 78
       8. Heat-Cured Compression-Moulded Resin Record Base 81
       9. Fabrication of Wax Pattern Using Shellac Baseplate 82
       10. Fabrication of Light Curable Denture Bases 89
       11. Metal Record Base 89
       12. Wax Occlusion Rims 89
       13. Maxillary Occlusion Rims 93
       14. Mandibular Occlusion Rims 96
       15. Modelling Plastic Occlusion Rims 96
       16. Constructing Mounting Casts 96
       17. Summary 96
   11. Articulators and Mounting Casts
       1. Requirements for Mounting Stone 99
       2. Hanau Wide Vue—‘Zeroing’ Preparation 101
       3. Transferring the Face-Bow Record to the Articulator 103
       4. Mounting the Maxillary Cast 105
       5. Mounting the Mandibular Cast 107
       6. Whip Mix Articulator 116
       7. Problem Areas 120
       8. Summary 125
   12. Artificial Teeth
       1. Acrylic and Porcelain Teeth: A Comparison 128
       2. Components of Artificial Teeth 129
       3. Selection of Artificial Teeth 129
       4. Form of Teeth 131
       5. Shape/Mould 132
       6. Shade 132
       7. Selection of Posterior Teeth 133
       8. Mould Numbering Systems 134
       9. Summary 139
   13. Arranging of Artificial Teeth
       1. Introduction 142
       2. Guidelines and Considerations for Anterior
       3. Teeth Arrangement 142
       4. Setting Principles for Anterior Teeth 148
       5. Guidelines and Considerations for Arrangement of Posterior Teeth 151
       6. Setting Principles for Posterior Teeth 153
       7. Types of Occlusion in Completely Edentulous Cases 153
       8. Balanced Occlusion 153
       9. Neutrocentric Occlusion 165
       10. Lingualized Occlusion 169
       11. Try-In 171h
       12. Summary 171
   14. Waxing and Processing
       1. Waxing for Try-In Dentures 173
       2. Processing by Compression Moulding Technique 179
       3. Processing by Injection Moulding Technique 191
       4. Summary 196
   15. Finishing, Polishing, Denture Markers and Denture Duplication
       1. Defl asking 197
       2. Remounting Dentures 201
       3. Making a Face-Bow Index 203
       4. Removing Dentures from Cast 205
       5. Finishing of the Denture 206
       6. Polishing the Complete Denture 207
       7. Polishing Teeth 209
       8. Denture Markers 210
       9. Requirements of Denture Bar Coding Identification 211
       10. Denture Duplication 214
       11. Summary 219
   16. Characterisation of the Complete Dentures
       1. Introduction 221
       2. Communication Between Dentist and Laboratory
       3. Technician 222
       4. Characterising the Denture Bases 222
       5. Adding Details to Anatomic Wax Contouring 223
       6. Colouring the Denture Base 228
       7. Finishing of Characterised Dentures 240
       8. Characterising the Denture Teeth 243
       9. Practice Mould 245
       10. Summary 248
   17. Metal Bases
       1. History 249
       2. Requirements for Cast Metal Bases 249
       3. Design Principles 249
       4. Summary 260
   18. Relining and Rebasing
       1. Introduction 263
       2. Articulator Method Procedure 263
       3. Relining Using the Dental Flask Method Procedure 271
       4. Rebasing 273
       5. Articulator Method 275
       6. Flask Method of Rebasing Procedure 278
       7. Summary 282
   19. Soft Liners
       1. Requirements of Resilient Denture Baseliners 283
       2. Resilient Liner Materials 283
       3. Reline Procedure 285
       4. Summary 295
   20. Repairs
       1. Repairing Denture with Fractured Teeth 297
       2. Procedure 298
       3. Problem Areas 299
       4. Procedure 302
       5. Problem Areas 303
       6. Repairing Fractured Denture Non-Separated Fracture 305
       7. Procedure 305
       8. Procedure 309
       9. Problem Areas 310
       10. Adding a Posterior Palatal Seal 312
       11. Procedure 314
       12. Problem Areas 315
       13. Summary 317
   21. Laboratory Procedures for Immediate Complete Dentures
       1. Immediate Dentures 322
       2. Impression Trays for Immediate Dentures 322
       3. Procedure 322
       4. Deceased.
       5. Custom Posterior Trays 322
       6. Full-Arch Impression Trays 327
       7. Two-Piece Trays 336
       8. Construction of Record Bases 341
       9. Shellac Baseplates 341
       10. Resin Record Bases 343
       11. Occlusion Rims 349
       12. Setting the Teeth 349
       13. Waxing the Immediate Denture 356
       14. Flasking the Immediate Denture 356
       15. Packing and Curing 359
       16. Finishing and Polishing of Immediate Denture 360
       17. Summary 363
   22. Maxillofacial Procedures
       1. Intraoral Prosthesis 366
       2. Silicone Bulb 368
       3. Hollow Acrylic Bulb 370
       4. Edentulous Mandibular Resection Device 372
       5. Dentulous Mandibular Resection Device 374
       6. Problem Areas for Mandibular
       7. Resection Devices 374
       8. Extraoral Prosthesis 380
       9. Auricular Prosthesis 381
       10. Summary 388
   23. Sterilisation and Disinfection
       1. Introduction 389
       2. Disinfectants 390
       3. Individual Impression Materials 391
       4. Summary 394
2. Index