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Published on: June 24, 2018
[Prosthetic dilemmas. Connecting natural teeth and implants]
M S Cune1, C de Putter, J W Verhoeven
1Zorgeenheid Mondziekten, Kaakchirurgie en Bijzondere Tandheelkunde van her UMC Utrecht. drmscune@planet.nl
Abstract:
In clinical practice, the prognosis seems, with some reservations, to be comparable for tooth-implant and implant-implant supported bridges in the middle-long term.This conclusion seems particularly valid for tooth-implant bridges in free-end situations, where a single implant is connected with a tooth. Prerequisites are a healthy tooth abutment, a pontic length not exceeding the width of a bicuspid, a rigid connection between implant and tooth and the use of strong cement.
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