Natural tooth versus implant: a key to treatment planning.
Since time immemorial, man has constantly contrived to replace natural body parts that are either congenitally absent or lost subsequent to disease or injury, so as to maintain a perfect amalgam of form and function. Dental implants have recently become established as a standard treatment protocol for replacing missing teeth. Ostensibly, a dilemma has arisen whether the implant should obviate the necessity to preserve teeth with debatable restorative prognosis. This article attempts to review the work done hitherto and to formulate a combined perspective in such cases.
Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bangalore, India. chandki.rita@gmail.com
Rita
R
Chandki
Munniswamy
M
Kala
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