Removable partial dentures: Part 3.

The provision of removable partial dentures (RPDs) is an important skill for practitioners and it can often be challenging to make a successful prosthesis which the patient finds satisfactory. This three-part series has been designed to provide an overview of the clinical management of patients requiring RPDs. This final part describes more complex techniques that may be faced by dentists with additional training or experience in fixed and removable prosthodontics.

Removable partial dentures: Part 2.

The provision of removable partial dentures (RPDs) is an important skill for practitioners. It can often be challenging to make a successful prosthesis which the patient finds satisfactory. This three-part series has been designed to provide an overview of the clinical management of patients requiring RPDs.

Removable partial dentures: Part 1.

The provision of removable partial dentures (RPDs) is an important skill for practitioners and it can often be challenging to make a successful prosthesis which the patient finds satisfactory. This three-part series has been designed to provide an overview of the clinical management of patients requiring RPDs. This first part provides a refresher of the aspects of the history and examination that are relevant to RPDs.

Colour fidelity: the camera never lies - or does it?

Digital dental photography has rapidly evolved into one of the most powerful tools in the dental world from documentation of dento-legal information to communication, portfolio creation, advertising and marketing. Human memory has been described as terribly short and decidedly fickle. Photography provides the solution to this, aiming to capture in an image the precise picture seen by the naked human eye.