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Use of carbon-epoxy frameworks for reinforcing provisional fixed partial dentures
Paolo Baldissara1, Giulia Katsinas, Roberto Scotti
1Department of Oral Sciences, Univesrity of Bologna, Italy. PB.dos@med.unibo.it
The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
|January 24, 2004
Abstract:
This article describes a technique for reinforcing provisional fixed partial dentures. Solid carbon-epoxy rods were shaped and coated with opaque resin to strengthen them for PMMA restorations of 3 or more units with at least 1 pontic. Because of the rigid nature of the prepolymerized carbon-epoxy material, only straight fixed partial dentures can be fabricated with this technique that allows for simplified fabrication of reinforced metal-free and cost-effective restorations.