A stable occlusal plane is achieved with the combination of two maxillary, implant-supported milled bars securing an overdenture and bilateral, mandibular-fixed partial dentures. Overdenture retention is enhanced with attachments. Guide planes assure proper alignment of the overdenture for easy patient insertion and improved prosthesis stability. A reliable technique for verifying the accuracy ...

Prevention of peri-implantitis involves the early diagnosis peri-implant mucositis. This article presents a protocol hygienic maintenance in different implant prosthetic scenarios: single crown, fixed partial prosthesis, full-arch, and overdentures. Others clinical conditions have to be taken into consideration: patient compliance; history periodontitis; implants placed augmented bone; short, z...

OBJECTIVES This retrospective study aims to evaluate the long term clinical performance of two-unit cantilevered resin-bonded fixed partial dentures (RBFPDs) relating to their retention, success and survival rate. MATERIALS AND METHODS Prostheses that were placed at least four years previously were clinically reviewed to evaluate retention, success and survival rate. Additional information wa...

Missing tooth with diastema presents a great esthetic challenge for the prosthodontists to restore the edentulous space. The use of a conventional fixed partial denture (FPD) to replace the missing tooth may result in too wide anterior teeth leading to poor esthetics. This is because of the excess space available for pontic, which makes the incorporation of the diastema in the planned prosthesi...

Loss of variable amount soft and hard tissueis often an inevitable consequence missing teeth.Prosthetic rehabilitation large anterior alveolar ridge defects is a challenge to the clinician.1 Such require not just replacement teeth, but also closure defective area so as achieve proper speech aesthetics. Fixed removable partial dentures are indicated for patients with extensive tissue loss when a...

OBJECTIVES The aims of this study were to evaluate patient satisfaction with fixed prosthesis following placement and to assess the oral health and oral hygiene practices awareness by survey questionnaire. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred and ninety-two questionnaires were filled by patients wearing fixed prosthesis; the questionnaire included the subjective perception of treatment with fixe...

the early computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (cad/cam) systems were relied exclusively on subtractive methods. in recent years, additive methods by employing rapid prototyping (rp) have progressed rapidly in various fields of dentistry as they have the potential to overcome known drawbacks of subtractive techniques such as fit problems. rp techniques have been exploited to build...