DENTAL LABORATORY PROCEDURES, 2nd Edition

Volume-01

1 Effective Dentist–Technician Communication 1

2 Preliminary Impressions Care and Pouring 10

3 Impression Trays 22

4 Final Impressions, Boxing and Pouring 39

5 Record Bases and Occlusion Rims 59

6 Articulators and Mounting Casts 89

7 Artifi cial Teeth 116

8 Arranging of Artifi cial Teeth 128

9 Waxing and Processing 158

10 Finishing, Polishing, Denture Markers and Denture Duplication 181

11 Characterisation of the Complete Dentures 204

12 Metal Bases 229

13 Relining and Rebasing 241

14 Soft Liners 259

15 Repairs 272

16 Laboratory Procedures for Immediate CompleteDentures 295

17 Maxillofacial Prosthetics 336

18 Sterilisation and Disinfection 365

Index 375

1 Impression Materials and Techniques 1

2 Diagnostic Procedures 20

3 Dies and Die Systems 34

4 Mounting the Master Casts 47

5 Tooth Morphology 65

6 Visual Perception and Tooth Contour 81

7 Articulation and Occlusal Morphology 91

8 Preparation Designs for Crowns and Retainers 108

9 Wax Pattern 122

10 Pontic Designs 140

11 Dental Castings 153

12 Metal Ceramics in Fixed Partial Dentures 188

13 All-Ceramic Crowns and Bridges 260

14 Fixed-Removable Partial Dentures 289

15 Provisional Restorations 320

16 Colour in Ceramics 330

17 Virtual Laboratory—The Next Level 346

18 Dental Implant Prosthodontics 389

Index 443

1 Care of Impressions and Making Casts 1

2 Pouring Corrected Cast Impressions 23

3 Stock and Custom Impression Trays 44

4 Record Bases and Mounting Casts 56

5 Survey and Design 90

6 Design Transfer, Block-Out and Relief 120

7 Duplication and Refractory Casts 136

8 Waxing and Spruing 146

9 Wrought Wire 159

10 Investing, Burnout and Casting 177

11 Finishing and Polishing the Framework 185

12 Selecting and Arranging Teeth 193

13 Flasking, Processing, Defl asking and Finishing 203

14 Relining, Rebasing and Reconstruction 226

15 Repairs 246

16 Special Purpose Partial Dentures 275

17 Attachments in Cast Partial Dentures 298

18 Attachments for Overdentures 332

19 Orthodontic Procedures 380

20 Diagnostic and Treatment Appliances 410

21 Custom Mouth Guards 430

Index 443