[Local and regional complications of a fixed partial denture]

Local and regional complications of the partial dentures are rare and usually benign. Their effects are variable and include: pain, mobility, elocution difficulties, metallic or burnt taste, nausea, esthetic problems or repeated fractures. They are, to a great extent, avoidable if the prosthesis has been well conceived and produced from models studied on a parallelizer, and if occlusion was investigated in all its positions. Their numbers can be reduced by regular surveillance.