Prosthodontic Treatment for Edentulous Patients

Part 1: The Patient

1. The Edentulous State

2. Systemic Health Aspects and Nutritional Considerations for Edentulous Patients

3. The Aging Edentulous Patient

4. Sequelae Caused by Wearing Complete Dentures

Part 2: Treatment Options

5. History Taking, Treatment Planning and Improving Denture-Bearing Areas for Edentulous Patients

6. Additional Treatment Planning Options for both Edentulous and Potentially Edentulous Patients

Part Three: The Materials Used

7. Materials Used in the Management of Edentulous Patients

Part 4: Clinical Protocols for Diverse Treatment Scenarios

8. Maxillary and Mandibular Analougue/Substitutes for the Denture-Bearing Area

9. The Dentures' Polished Surfaces, Recording Jaw Relations, and Their Transfer to an Articulator

10. The Occlusal Surfaces: The Selection and Arrangement of Prosthetic Teeth

11. The Try-in Appointment

12. Prosthesis Insertion and Follow-up Appointments

13. Modified Protocols for Immediate Dentures, Overdentures, and Single Dentures

14. Prolonging the Useful Life of Complete Dentures: Relines, Repairs and Duplications

15. Speech Considerations with Complete Dentures

Part 5: Clinical Protocols Specific to Implant-Retained and Implanted Supported Prosthodontic Management

16. The Science of Osseointegration

17. Implant Overdentures

18. Fixed Full Arch Implant-Supported Prostheses for the Edentulous Patient

19. Maxillofacial Prosthodontics for the Edentulous Patient

20. Managing Problems and Complications

21. Immediately Loaded Complete Dental Prostheses

22. Current and Possible Future Directions in Implant Prosthdontics

Part 6: Additional Considerations in the Management of Edentulous Patients

23. The Impact of Socioeconomic, Cultural and Technological Changes and the Notion of Standards of Care and Alternative Protocols

Dr. Steven Eckert attended the Ohio State University College of Dentistry and completed a General Practice Residency at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Chicago. He was on staff at the Mayo Clinic where he served as Graduate Program Director for Prosthodontics. In 2010 he retired from the Mayo Clinic only to begin a full-time private practice devoted to implant dentistry at the ClearChoice Dental Implant Center of Minneapolis. He remains Full Professor Emeritus in Dentistry at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Adjunct Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry and Director of Research for ClearChoice. He has been an editor for three scientific journals and is currently Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants, a position he has held for more than a decade. Dr. Rhonda Jacob is a Board-Certified Prosthodontist who received her BS, DDS and MS in prosthodontics at the University of Iowa. She worked at MD Anderson for 30 years as professor, faculty and Director of the Maxillofacial Program. She was also Director of the implant fellowship at MD Anderson using implants in conjunction with head and neck reconstruction. Dr. Jacob received Best Dentist in Texas awards from 2011-2018 from Texas Monthly. She has previously been elected by her peers to serve on the Clinical Advisory Board for the ClearChoice network.

"This new edition is divided into six parts; The patient; Treatment options; The materials used; Clinical protocols for diverse treatment scenarios; Clinical protocol specific to implant-supported prosthodontics management; and, finally, Additional considerations in the management of edentulous patients...It examines the 'appropriatech' concept of providing cost-effective, appropriate care describes techniques that make complete dentures accessible to those who do not have access to alternative care, including discussions of alternative care, including discussions of alternative protocols, such as Complete Dentures in Four Clinical Sessions (CD4). There are over 800 colour photographs and illustrations."

BDA News, November 2012