Clinical and Laboratory Manual of Implant Overdentures [Hardcover]

Dr. Hamid Shafie’s Clinical and Laboratory Manual of Implant Overdentures is a ground-breaking guide to this popular and effective treatment modality, which is increasingly seen as the standard of care for the fully edentulous patient. This highly practical step-by-step handbook provides the dentist and laboratory technician with essential instruction and sound clinical support, demystifying this complex subject through systematic evaluation of the available attachment systems to produce treatment plans to best suit the patient’s needs.CONTRIBUTORS, xiii

FOREWORD, xv
Dennis Tarnow

FOREWORD, xvi
Zhimon Jacobson

INTRODUCTION, 1
Hamid Shafie

1 Patient Preferences Expectations, 3
Hamid Shafie

2 Diagnosis and Treatment Planning, 11
Hamid Shafie

3 Surgical Guide and Diagnostic Stent, 24
Hamid Shafie, Wolfram Stein, and Amir Juzbasic

4 Principles of Attachment Selection, 31
Hamid Shafie

5 Stud Attachments, 37
Hamid Shafie and James Ellison

6 Bar Attachments, 63
Hamid Shafie and James Ellison

7 Spark Erosion, 85
Hamid Shafie, Eduard Eisenmann, and Gunter Rubeling

8 Success with Implant Overdenture, 104
Hamid Shafie

9 Occlusion and Implant-Supported Overdenture, 112
Hamid Shafie and Frank Luaciello

10 Surgical Considerations for Implant Overdenture, 132
Richard Green, George Obeid, Eskow, and Hamid lãB