This article describes an esthetic rehabilitation of a case of severe fluorosis associated with tooth mobility and gingival recession. Direct composite technique was applied to improve the color, shape and alignment of the teeth using direct composite veneering and replacement of the missing tooth by fiber-reinforced composite bridge. One year follow up have displayed acceptable outcomes and es...

Copyright: © 2013 Mittal S, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Abstract Resin-Bonded Fixed Partial Dentures (RBFPD) was introduced to dentistry around 40 years ago. The typical design of re...

background: the objectives of this study were to evaluate the prevalence of edentulousness, patient's perception on dietary changes resulting from tooth loss and to identify the disparity between actual and patient perceived need to replace missing teeth in an elderly rural population in south india. methods: a cross sectional study using the systematic cluster sampling method was used to selec...

インプラント治療の治療計画において，残存歯の抜歯の可否，ならびに隣在歯の修復の可否，治療期間や審美性を考慮し，十分な咬合力に耐えうるインプラントの埋入本数，埋入位置・方向等を計画したうえで，患者の要望を踏まえ，エビデンスレベルの高い治療の選択肢を提案することが重要である．特に前歯部のインプラント治療では，審美性等の患者の要望，侵襲の度合い，治療期間，治療の予後等も踏まえ治療計画を提示する必要がある．インプラント治療は，他の天然歯に対する補綴治療に勝ることはなく，あくまで代替治療であることを理解して治療を進めるべきであると考える．

Missing of mandibular second premolar is one of the most common types of tooth agenesis. In such cases, maintenance of the primary second molar, if possible at all, can prevent many treatment procedures in future. The present case report represents the endodontic management of a necrotic left mandibular primary second molar that had developed an abscess. Considering the missing of the permanent...

The current scenario in dentistry proposes several treatment modalities for the esthetic and functional replacement of a congenitally or traumatically missing anterior tooth in young and adult patients which includes implant supported single crown, conventional FPD, Resin Bonded FPD (RBFPD) or RPD. However when certain clinical conditions or unwillingness of the patient preclude the replacement...

Congenital absence of a maxillary lateral incisor occurs in many patients, and the treatment of young adults with this problem is a challenge for both prosthodontists and orthodontists. Common treatment alternatives are distalization of the canine tooth or fabrication of a conventional 3-unit fixed partial denture (FPD), a single-tooth, implantsupported crown restoration or a resinbonded fixed ...