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Pontic site development with a root submergence technique for a screw-retained prosthesis in the anterior maxilla
Alper Comut1, Mamta Mehra, Hanae Saito
1Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY.
The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
|September 17, 2013
Abstract:
Techniques for pontic site development usually involve various hard and soft tissue augmentation procedures. This article describes an alternative approach to developing a pontic site by using a root submergence technique for a screw-retained fixed dental prosthesis in the anterior maxilla.