title: Fixed partial denture supported by all-ceramic copings: a clinical report.
abstract: This clinical report describes the prosthodontic treatment of a partially edentulous patient who had a surgical closure of bilateral cleft of the lips, alveolar processes, and palate. The prosthodontic treatment included the fabrication of a "telescopic" fixed partial denture supported by reinforced all-ceramic primary copings. The use of all-ceramic primary copings, rather than gold copings, offers an alternative fixed partial denture and improves the esthetic result in certain clinical situations.
authors.affiliation: School of Dental Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pellecchia
authors.forename: Ki-Ho
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirayama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000537:Aluminum Oxide / Q000737:chemistry; D002516:Ceramics / Q000737:chemistry; D000044:Dental Abutments; D003776:Dental Porcelain / Q000737:chemistry; D003779:Denture Design; D003781:Denture Retention; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D007576:Jaw, Edentulous, Partially / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008297:Male; D015040:Zirconium / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D003776:Dental Porcelain; C070870:In-Ceram; D015040:Zirconium; D000537:Aluminum Oxide; C028541:zirconium oxide