Adhesive Bridgework: The Details

In many cases, dental implants are now considered the Gold Standard for replacement of missing teeth. However, they require specialised skills for placement, extensive and expensive equipment, and multiple visits. What do you do when the patient has a missing tooth and cannot afford implants or has an adverse medical condition? Conventional bridgework offers a time-proven solution but requires preparation of teeth which in many cases is unnecessary destructive and may condemn the patient to future endodontic therapy and perhaps even future loss of the tooth.

Learning outcomes

The history and classification of adhesive bridgework Adhesive bridgework: to prep or not to prep. Prep design and why Ceramic classification: Zirconia vs Lithium Disilicate How to create an ovate pontic site The Rochette Bridge as a provisional to condition tissues Predictable bonding of adhesive bridgework: non-precious, Lithium Disilicate and Zirconia Particle abrasion of tooth and ceramic and why How to create a provisional adhesive bridge using the patient’s natural tooth Avoiding and managing failure

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