Brudvik’s Advanced Removable Partial Dentures

More than 20 years after James Brudvik’s clear and detailed textbook on RPDs, we’re back with a brand-new edition featuring hundreds of new photographs and drawings to explain the intricacies of complex RPDs. New chapters have been added and previous chapters expanded to incorporate evidence-based practices adopted in the last two decades. The function of each element of an RPD is described in isolation and by class, and the clinical and laboratory steps of RPD design and creation are reviewed in order, followed by discussions of various types of prostheses and when and how to use them. This technical manual is aimed at experienced practitioners but still presents the information in a neat, organized, and easy-to-follow manner.

Table of Contents:

Introduction to the First Edition

1 Treatment Planning

2 Elements of Design

3 Classification-Based Design

4 Mouth Preparation

5 Recording the Intraoral Condition

6 Laboratory Construction of the Framework

7 Establishing the Tooth-Frame Relationship

8 Completion of the Partial Denture

9 Extending Longevity

10 Interim Resin-Based Partial Dentures

11 Precision Attachments

12 Special Prostheses

13 Implants with Partial Dentures

14 Frameworks for Implant Overdentures

15 Lessons from RPD Evolution