[Prosthetic dilemmas. Connecting natural teeth and implants].
In clinical practice, the prognosis seems, with some reservations, to be comparable for tooth-implant and implant-implant supported bridges in the middle-long term.This conclusion seems particularly valid for tooth-implant bridges in free-end situations, where a single implant is connected with a tooth. Prerequisites are a healthy tooth abutment, a pontic length not exceeding the width of a bicuspid, a rigid connection between implant and tooth and the use of strong cement.
Cune
M S
MS
Zorgeenheid Mondziekten, Kaakchirurgie en Bijzondere Tandheelkunde van her UMC Utrecht. drmscune@planet.nl
de Putter
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Verhoeven
J W
JW
Meijer
G J
GJ
D000044:Dental Abutments; D015921:Dental Implants; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D006801:Humans
D015921:Dental Implants