Basker R. M. - Prosthetic Treatment of the Edentulous Patient

This edition first published 2011
1976, 1983, 1992 by R.M. Basker, J.C. Davenport and H.R. Tomlin
2002 by Blackwell Munksgaard
2011 by R.M. Basker, J.C. Davenport and J.M. Thomason

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Basker, R.M.
Prosthetic treatment of the edentulous patient / R.M. Basker, J.C. Davenport, J.M. Thomason. 5th ed.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4051-9261-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Complete dentures. 2. Edentulous mouth. I. Davenport, J. C. (John Chester) II. Thomason, J. M. III. Title.
[DNLM: 1. Denture, Complete. 2. Mouth, Edentulous. WU 530]
RK656.B338 2011
617.692dc22
2010040959

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To our families
And to the memory of Bob Tomlin

Foreword to the First Edition

This addition to prosthetic literature must be widely and warmly welcomed. For a number of years there has been a shortage of British texts for students concerning the edentulous patient. The authors have, correctly, stressed the serious problems that more and more frequently present themselves now that life expectancy is on the increase and the average age of the edentulous is advancing. The dental profession is becoming aware of the particular geriatric situations it now has to face and this book will undoubtedly help in solving many prosthetic geriatric problems.

Emphasis has been placed more upon general principles than upon the minutiae of clinical or technical operative detail. Given a sound basic understanding of the principles to be observed in the treatment of the edentulous, chairside experience rapidly perfects each individuals manipulative skills.

Being not unfamiliar with the labours involved in producing textbooks, one is conscious of the time and effort that have gone into the preparation of this book. It should achieve all the success that these efforts of ones former colleagues deserve.

John Osborne
Shalfleet, Isle of Wight, 1975

Foreword to the Fifth Edition

The breakthrough of implant-supported and/or -retained prostheses has revolutionised dental treatment. A great part of the programmes at current prosthodontic conferences includes presentations based on high-tech implant treatment for partially and totally edentulous patients. So successful have the clinical outcomes with implant treatment been that many clinicians have come to believe that implants can solve all problems related to tooth loss. This is of course not true, confounded as it is not only by unfavourable oral situations but also by a number of non-dental factors. Of these, the greatest obstacle is undoubtedly economic. Viewed in a global perspective, poverty is still extremely widespread, and it exists even in many industrialised countries. Sadly, a majority of edentulous people will never be candidates for any type of implant therapy and complete dentures will remain their sole option.

The declining prevalence of edentulism would seem to indicate a reduction in the number of people in need of complete dentures. However, when epidemiological and demographic data are combined, the ongoing large increase in the number of the elderly will counteract the diminishing rate of edentulism. It is therefore likely that the need to rehabilitate edentulous patients will remain considerable for many more decades. Complete dentures will continue to play a central role in the rehabilitation of edentulism; thus, teaching and training in complete denture prosthodontics must continue.

This successful textbook has reached its fifth edition. It combines a straightforward description of well-proven principles and methods for the treatment of an edentulous patient with modern evidence-based examples of solutions for problems and complicated situations. The text is easy to read and the illustrations give excellent explanations of principles and techniques described. The book will therefore be of great value in both undergraduate and postgraduate education, and it deserves a place in the office of any dentist who treats adult and older patients.