title: Implant-supported, long-span fixed partial denture for a scleroderma patient: a clinical report.
abstract: Scleroderma poses many difficulties and challenges for the treating dentist. Until now, dental implant treatment for patients with scleroderma was limited to either complete overdentures or short-span fixed partial dentures. This clinical report describes the use of modified techniques to fabricate a long-span fixed prosthesis delivered after serial extractions and implant placement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dentistry, University Hospital and Medical Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 11794, USA. shaas@ts.uh.sunysb.edu
authors.forename: Steven E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Haas
mesh_terms: D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003779:Denture Design; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla; D008865:Microstomia / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008875:Middle Aged; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications*