Precision Attachments

In the present society, patients approach a dentist for two main reasons; discomfort or esthetics. The dental professional must be able to relate to the patient's concerns, both physically and psychologically. Many edentulous patients experience problems with their dentures or removable partial dentures, especially lack of stability and retention, together with a decrease of chewing ability. The desire to balance between functional stability and cosmetic appeal in partial dentures gave rise to the development of precision attachments. Precision attachments are sometimes said to be a connecting link between the fixed and removable type of partial dentures because it incorporates features common to both types of construction. Precision attachments in dentistry is a means of bodily function for a removable bridge or partial dentures. Precision attachments retain and attach a removable bridge or partial denture on natural teeth vital or non-vital. The book follows the sequence of the procedures done in practice in order to make learning easy and to improve the applicability of the subject in general practice.

Autorentext

Dr. Shreyasee Maity ist Fachärztin für Prothetik und Implantologie und arbeitet derzeit als Dozentin an einer zahnmedizinischen Hochschule in Bangalore. Ihr Interesse an Präzisionsattachments veranlasste sie, ein Buch darüber zu schreiben.