Books Review
Dentures: Types, Benefits and Potential Complications
Tibor Karoly Fábián, Pal Fejerdy,
Peter Hermann
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-61942-280-3
Edition: 1/e
Publish Year: 2012
Pages: 278, illustrated
Price: $165.00
The book entitled Dentures: Types, Benefits
and Potential Complications is well structured
over its thirteen chapters and is an overview
of the restoration possibilities in the field of
prosthetic dentistry, representing the vision of the
Semmelweis University Budapest.
Starting
from
the
personal
“prosthetic
classification” (Fábián and Fejérdy, 1979) the
authors develop a classification to establish a
plan for oral rehabilitation and procedures to be
performed so as to fulfill this plan.
The authors also define the importance of
preprosthetic treatment and interdisciplinary
collaboration. Most often the success of prosthetic
treatment of adult patients is conditioned by
the integration of orthodontic treatment and
multidisciplinary approach.
The book also tackles the masticatory function
and congnitive ability, the different possibilities of
restoring the edentulous (inlay retained fixed partial
dentures, removable partial dentures with double
crowns and complete dentures), clinical decisions
in the edentulous rehabilitation in developing
countries. The use of denture adhesives rejects
some of the myths related to adhesives in order
to allow good use and avoid misuse of the same.
At the same time the authors highlight the
importance of oral hygiene in denture wearers.
Continuous
swallowing
or
aspiration
of
microorganisms from denture plaque exposes
elderly patients to the risk of unexpected infections.
The frequency of the psychogenic symptoms
induced by dentures is also reported and also how
to prevent and treat them.
The final chapter focuses on scientific data about
bone formation around dental implants using
Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) therapy for
the clinical practice.
If you are interested in partially and totally
edentulous patients and you have frequently
encountered such cases, going through this book
will provide you with answers to the problems
Marian-Vladimir
Constantinescu
DDS, PhD
Department of Prosthetic Dentistry
“Carol Davila” University
of Medicine and Pharmacy
Bucharest, Romania
Email:
[email protected]
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