title: Direct resin-bonded, fibre-reinforced anterior bridges: a clinical report.
abstract: Direct resin composite cantilever bridges were placed in patients to replace 26 single upper anterior teeth and one upper premolar. Twenty-four bridges were simple cantilevers, and three were fixed-fixed bridges. The bridges were constructed with hybrid resin composite placed around a resin-impregnated plasma-etched polyalkane fibre bundle bonded to the abutment tooth enamel by the acid-etch technique. Twenty-five bridges were assessed at 10 +/- 1 months. Two had fractured due to trauma, however, in both cases the pontic remained attached to the abutment tooth by the fibre bundle. This method of tooth replacement is viewed as a rapid, simple, cost-effective means of replacing anterior teeth in selected patients.
authors.affiliation: School of Dental Science, University of Melbourne.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Culy
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Tyas
mesh_terms: D000134:Acid Etching, Dental; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000473:Alkanes / Q000737:chemistry; D001641:Bicuspid; D017438:Bisphenol A-Glycidyl Methacrylate / Q000737:chemistry; D003188:Composite Resins / Q000737:chemistry; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D000044:Dental Abutments; D001840:Dental Bonding; D003743:Dental Enamel / Q000648:ultrastructure; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D003779:Denture Design; D016379:Denture, Partial, Fixed, Resin-Bonded / Q000191:economics; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor; D008875:Middle Aged; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000473:Alkanes; D003188:Composite Resins; D011108:Polymers; D017438:Bisphenol A-Glycidyl Methacrylate