Using a fixed provisional prosthesis during post-extraction healing and implant placement.
Most dental patients insist on the use of provisional prostheses throughout healing and osseointegration when replacing extracted teeth with implants in esthetically sensitive areas. Removable appliances of some kind are normally used for this purpose, but patients often consider them to be too cumbersome. This can lead to decreased case acceptance and compliance with the use of the provisional restoration, which can compromise the final result of treatment. Custom fixed solutions to this problem exist, but they tend to be more complicated, less practical, and more expensive than other options now available. The Monodont bridge, a new system of prefabricated components for the creation of provisional fixed partial dentures, can be more esthetic, more retentive, more functional, more cost-effective, and more universally applicable than any other available techniques. This can raise patient tolerance of provisional prostheses and thus increase case acceptance, while fostering a more predictable esthetic result with regard to soft tissue contours and emergence profile.
Seacoast Esthetic Dentistry Association, Portsmouth, NH, USA.
Barry F
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McArdle
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