The fourth edition of this popular undergraduate text has been updated and expanded to reflect new research, materials, and techniques in fixed prosthodontics, with the addition of more than 350 new illustrations and three new chapters on the restoration of implants. It is designed to serve as an introduction to restorative dentistry techniques using fixed partial dentures and cast metal, metal-ceramic, and all-ceramic restorations, providing the background knowledge needed by the novice and serving as a refresher for the practitioner or graduate student. Specific techniques and instruments are discussed, and updated information has been added to cover new cements, new impression materials and equipment, and changes in soft tissue management methods used during impression procedures. New articulators, facebows, and concepts of occlusion have been added, along with precise ways of making removable dies. Different ways of handling edentulous ridges with defects that provide better control over the functional and cosmetic outcome are also presented. Finally, the topics of esthetic and implant restorations, which have become increasingly emphasized in dental practice, are given greater attention.

"1. Introduction 2. Occlusion 3. Articulators 4. Interocclusal records 5. Articulation of casts 6. Treatment Planning for Single-Tooth Restorations and the Replacement of Missing Teeth 7. Fixed Partial Denture and Implant Configurations 8. Tooth Preparations 9. Full Coverage Crowns 10. Partial Coverage Crowns 11. Intracoronal Restorations 12. Severely Debilitated Teeth 13. Periodontally Weakened Teeth 14. Provisional Restorations 15. Fluid Control and Soft Tissue Management 16. Impressions 17. Working Casts and Dies 18. Wax Patterns 19. Investing and Casting 20. Cementation and Bonding 21. Esthetic Considerations 22. All-Ceramic Restorations 23. Metal-Ceramic Restorations 24. Pontics 25. Solder Joints 26. Restoration of Dental Implants 27. Single-Tooth Implant Restoration 28. Multiple-Tooth Implant Restoration"