Physical disfigurement and functional impairments associated with facial trauma are a challenge to a prosthodontist, because even novel sophisticated surgical reconstructive techniques fail to provide adequate support for dental resection prosthesis. Therefore, different endosseous implants are often used as prosthesis-supporting elements. Manufacturers of dental implants have recently presente...

Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the periodontal conditions and to analyze the association between the wearing of fixed or removable partial dentures and periodontal disease in a representative adult rural population in Jaipur. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional study of a representative sample comprising 200 individual aged 30-60 years. Data were collected by clinical exami...

introduction: failures might occur at metal‒porcelain interfaces as a problem with metal‒ceramic restorations even with the application of airborne-particle abrasion technique. this study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of nd:yag laser treatment on the bond strength of porcelain fused to metal. methods:  twenty-four cylindrical specimens (4 mm in diameter and 4 mm in height) were made of ...

the early computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (cad/cam) systems were relied exclusively on subtractive methods. in recent years, additive methods by employing rapid prototyping (rp) have progressed rapidly in various fields of dentistry as they have the potential to overcome known drawbacks of subtractive techniques such as fit problems. rp techniques have been exploited to build...

The aim of this paper is to report a clinical case with bilateral missing mandibular second premolars that were restored by metal-ceramic inlay-retained fixed dental prostheses. The first prosthesis was of a traditional design and the second was of a modified design. The suggested design is created by modifying the retainer wings of the traditional resin-bonded inlay-retained fixed dental prost...

Objectives The aim of this study was to assess the survival rate and identify possible risk factors for failure dental implants placed by postgraduate students in Implantology at a Brazilian Dental School. Materials & methods A retrospective observational conducted evaluate 1,164 São Leopoldo Mandic School (Brazil) during 3-year time period (2018–2020). Data collected from patients' med...

The oral mucosa of the edentulous ridges presents many morphological macroscopic and microscopic variations, from one area of the edentulous ridge to another, as well as from one patient to another. Because the mobile prosthetic treatment realizes a direct contact between the dental prosthesis and the mucosa of the denture supporting structures and of the peripheral structures, the prosthetic s...

Aesthetic anterior tooth restoration is one of the greatest challenges for dentists in clinical practice. Patients expect contemporary dentistry to provide restorations that reproduce natural beauty while ensuring stability and functionality. The Fixed dental prosthesis fabrication requires equal consideration to be given to the retainer, pontic and connector design. The excessive flexing of th...

Aim ― Modern dentistry cannot exist without dental implantation. The lifetime of the installed implants depends on condition of the bone and on the quality of the treatment planning and surgery technique. Usually, complications during the implant treatment are related to the inability to accurately predict the condition and location of intraosseous structure that entails the selection of the wr...