A Clinical Overview of Removable Prostheses: 2. Impression Making for Partial Dentures

From Volume 29, Issue 9, November 2002 | Pages 422-427

Authors

J. Fraser McCord

BDS, DDS, FDS, DRD RCS (Edin.), FDS RCS(Eng.), CBiol, MIBiol

Professor and Head of Unit of Prosthodontics, University Dental Hospital of Manchester

Articles by J. Fraser McCord

Nick J.A. Grey

BDS, MDSc, PhD, FDS, DRD, MRD RCS(Edin.)

Consultant/Honorary Senior Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry, Edinburgh Dental Institute

Articles by Nick J.A. Grey

Raymond B Winstanley

BDS, MDS, FDS RCS(Edin.)

Senior Lecturer/Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, Charles Clifford Dental School, Sheffield

Articles by Raymond B Winstanley

Anthony Johnson

MMedSci, PhD

Lecturer in Dental Technology, Charles Clifford Dental School, Sheffield.

Articles by Anthony Johnson

Abstract

This, the second article in a series on the prescription of removable partial dentures, will deal with the issue of primary impressions and primary casts for partial dentures. The principles of definitive impressions and master cast planning will be described.

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