title: Successful use of a single-retainer all-ceramic resin-bonded fixed partial denture for replacement of a maxillary canine: a clinical report.
abstract: This clinical report describes the prosthodontic treatment of a 60-year-old woman to close an edentulous space in the region of the maxillary canine. Single-retainer resin-bonded fixed partial dentures (FPD) have shown satisfactory results in different studies. Recent in vivo studies have shown excellent results for all-ceramic anterior FPDs after 5 years. In the present situation, a cantilevered all-ceramic FPD chosen to replace a missing maxillary canine showed success at the 2.5-year follow-up. Special attention was given to functional and minimal restorative considerations. The use of single-retainer all-ceramic FPDs is discussed. The present case does not represent a routine and well-documented approach for the replacement of a missing maxillary canine. Rather, it is a rarity that was successful because of space availability, present occlusal scheme, and patient cooperation. Implant-supported restorations always should be considered as the first treatment option in such a clinical situation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Operative Dentistry, Preventive Dentistry, and Periodontology, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Foitzik
authors.forename: Aine M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lennon
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Attin
mesh_terms: D003481:Cuspid; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D003779:Denture Design; D003781:Denture Retention / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016379:Denture, Partial, Fixed, Resin-Bonded; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007576:Jaw, Edentulous, Partially / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008437:Maxilla; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D003776:Dental Porcelain