Replacement of missing teeth in sites with insufficient space: a case report.
Composite resin-retained fixed partial dentures are widely accepted as an alternative to conventional prostheses. This article describes the treatment of a patient in whom both maxillary lateral incisors were missing and space for normal-sized pontics was insufficient. The incisors were replaced bilaterally with a resin-bonded fixed partial denture consisting of a cantilevered resin-bonded framework with a ceramic pontic that overlapped the mesial portion of the canine's facial aspect. This design created an esthetically acceptable prosthesis through a conservative and simple approach.
Fayyad
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MA
Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, King Saud University, College of Dentistry, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
D000328:Adult; D000848:Anodontia / Q000628:therapy*; D003779:Denture Design; D016379:Denture, Partial, Fixed, Resin-Bonded; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000473:pathology