Composite pontics for orthodontic patients with extraction spaces.
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.
Martins
Renato Parsekian
RP
FAEPO/UNESP and GESTOS/FAMOSP, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil. dr_renatopmartins@hotmail.com
Magno
Amanda Fahning
AF
Martins
Isabela Parsekian
IP
Martins
Lidia Parsekian
LP
White
Larry W
LW
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
D003188:Composite Resins; D003764:Dental Materials; D019279:Resin Cements