The present article introduces a new technique for chairside provisional fixed partial dentures fabrication. The described direct technique is suitable for a fast and relatively easy fabrication of provisional single crowns or small bridges. It does not necessitate any preliminary laboratory stages (such as wax-up e.g.) but rather tends to adapt the teeth morphology of a selected model to the s...

Objective: To compare differences in caries and periodontal scores between removable partial denture wearers and non wearers; abutment with non-abutment teeth in the wearers and wearers with “satisfactory” to those with “unsatisfactory” dentures. Methods: Ninety-six partially dentate patients were included in this study. Teeth were examined for caries and periodontal diseases. Removable partial...

The purpose of this article is to identify the incidence of complications and the most common complications associated with single crowns, fixed partial dentures, all-ceramic crowns, resin-bonded prostheses, and posts and cores. A Medline and an extensive hand search were performed on English-language publications covering the last 50 years. The searches focused on publications that contained c...

Objective. Anecdotal evidence suggests that impression materials and techniques used in general dental practice for fixed partial dentures vary from those taught in dental schools. The aim of this survey was to integrate impression techniques evolved all over the years for fixed partial dentures and to know the techniques and materials which are used in the present day by the practitioners. Mat...