title: Composite pontics for orthodontic patients with extraction spaces.
abstract: Esthetic orthodontic appliances continue to appeal to more patients, which results in objections to extraction spaces that remain for several months during orthodontic therapy. This has led orthodontists to design temporary pontics that fill extraction sites and that can be reduced as the spaces close. This report describes a simple, efficient, and expeditious technique for making such pontics.
authors.affiliation: FAEPO/UNESP and GESTOS/FAMOSP, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil. dr_renatopmartins@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Renato Parsekian
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Amanda Fahning
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Magno
authors.forename: Isabela Parsekian
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Lidia Parsekian
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Larry W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000134:Acid Etching, Dental / Q000379:methods; D003188:Composite Resins / Q000737:chemistry*; D001840:Dental Bonding / Q000379:methods; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D003779:Denture Design; D003781:Denture Retention; D016379:Denture, Partial, Fixed, Resin-Bonded; D003833:Denture, Partial, Temporary; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D019516:Orthodontic Space Closure / Q000295:instrumentation; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective; D019279:Resin Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D014081:Tooth Extraction
chemical_list: D003188:Composite Resins; D003764:Dental Materials; D019279:Resin Cements