title: An immediate resin-bonded bridge using the natural tooth.
abstract: Missing anterior teeth are commonly replaced immediately with partial dentures, but this may cause embarrassing problems and a poor aesthetic appearance. This paper describes a technique for replacing anterior teeth using the natural tooth as a pontic with a resin-bonded cast metal framework. The main advantage of this technique is that a fixed restoration is provided on the same day as the tooth is removed, providing a major psychological benefit to the patient and maintaining the aesthetics. The short-term results are promising- and recent advances in adhesive dentistry mean that the long-term result should be equally as good.
authors.affiliation: Eastman Dental Hospital, London.
authors.forename: U R
authors.initials: UR
authors.lastname: Darbar
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Hemmings
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003188:Composite Resins; D001840:Dental Bonding; D003779:Denture Design; D016379:Denture, Partial, Fixed, Resin-Bonded; D003831:Denture, Partial, Immediate; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor; D014081:Tooth Extraction
chemical_list: D003188:Composite Resins