Fixed Prosthodontics Fourth Edition Cover Design

Biographical Information

• The David Ross Boyd Professor Emeritus in the Department of Fixed Prosthodontics at the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry is Dr. Herbert T. Shillingburg.
• Dr. Herbert T. Shillingburg authored the book 'Fundamentals of Fixed Prosthodontics'.
• The book is dedicated to Constance Murphy Shillingburg.

Personal Life

• Dr. Herbert T. Shillingburg met Constance Murphy Shillingburg in Albuquerque.
• The author and Constance Murphy Shillingburg had two daughters.
• Constance Murphy Shillingburg was enjoyed by the author's hosts and audiences due to her charming presence.

Education

• Dr. Herbert T. Shillingburg made 16 trips from Los Angeles to Albuquerque during his first 2 years in dental school.

Fixed Prosthodontics

• To minimize flexing caused by long and/or thin spans in pontic designs, a rigid connector should be selected.
• The secondary retention (R) should extend from the primary interabutment axis.
• The forces on castings serving as retainers for fixed partial dentures differ from those applied to single restorations in that they are more complex and involve more than one tooth.
• Dislodging forces on a fixed partial denture retainer tend to act in a lateral direction.
• The retainers on secondary abutments will be placed in tension when the pontics flex, especially on distal abutments.
• A common problem in replacing all four maxillary incisors with a fixed partial denture is the lack of adequate support.
• A secondary abutment must meet the criterion of being able to withstand forces without becoming a problem itself.
• The preferred way of fabricating most fixed partial dentures is through casting.
• It would be unwise to use a lateral incisor as a secondary abutment in situations where the tooth is not strong enough to withstand the forces.
• To offset the torque produced when pontics lie outside the interabutment axis line, the retainer should be designed to resist the torque.

Learn about the cover design of the fourth edition of Fundamentals of Fixed Prosthodontics, featuring a photograph of Monument Valley taken by Dr. Herbert T. Shillingburg, Jr. The book is authored by prominent figures in the field, including David Ross Boyd Professor Emeritus, Dr. Herbert T. Shillingburg, Jr.