Treatment Options Before and After Edentulism - Tooth Supported Overdentures

This richly illustrated book presents different treatment protocols in preventive prosthodontics to help clinicians face a widening range of possibilities in partially edentulous patients. The introductory chapter explains the theoretical and technical background as well as clinical considerations for overdenture. Different attachment systems for overdentures are then described in detail covering stud attachments, bar attachments, magnetic and telescopic attachments. The final part of the volume focuses on the clinical evaluation parameters of an overdenture treatment, supporting tooth preparation and post treatment protocol. Throughout the book, much attention is devoted to preventive prosthodontics and the importance of any procedure that can delay or eliminate future prosthodontic problems. Two companion volumes covering treatment options after edentulism, including implant overdenture and implant supported fixed restorations, are available separately.

Yasemin Kulak Özkan completed her graduate education in the Faculty of Dentistry, Marmara University, Turkey in 1987 and then became a research assistant in the Faculty of Dentistry's Department of Prosthodontics in the same year. She was appointed as an Associate Professor in 1996 and became a Professor in 2001. She was a Vice Dean over the period 2004-2007 and became a Dean in 2014. She currently works as Dean and Chief of the Prosthodontic Department in the Faculty of Dentistry at Marmara University. Prof. Ozkan also was elected as the president of the Turkish Prosthetics and Implantology Association (TPID)  in 2015 and still continues her duty as the president. She has published more than 100 papers in renowned journals and is an editorial board member of repute. Prof. Ozkan also has 6 books published by national and international Publishers.