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2. Bridge (dentistry) - Wikipedia

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   A three unit porcelain fused to metal bridge (PFM) made by a dental technician A semi-precision attachment between teeth #3 and #4, with the mortise on #4. Note the lingual buttons extending, in the photo, upward on #2 (on the left) and downward on #4.

3. Removable partial denture - Wikipedia

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   A removable partial denture (RPD) is a denture for a partially edentulous patient who desires to have replacement teeth for functional or aesthetic reasons and who cannot have a bridge (a fixed partial denture) for any reason, such as a lack of required teeth to serve as support for a bridge (i.e. distal abutments) or financial limitations.

4. Multi-unit abutment - Wikipedia

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   A multi-unit abutment (MUA) is an abutment most commonly used with dental implants in "All-on-Four" protocols. [1] [2] They are designed for screw-retained group restorations, [3] which are often used in combination with angled dental implants [4] and whole arch replacements, as well as screw fixation of bridges made of zirconium or metal-ceramic group restorations to the implant.

5. Resin-retained bridge - Wikipedia

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   The modern resin-retained bridge retaining wing is usually sandblasted with an alumina powder. The metal wing needs to engage as much of the sound enamel. In the majority of cases the metal wing is taken to the incisal edge of anterior teeth and overlapping of the occlusal (biting) surface of the teeth for posterior teeth.

6. Crown (dental restoration) - Wikipedia

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   Feldspathic porcelain crowns fabricated on a dental model, then cemented on the upper central anterior teeth using luster paste of glass ionomer. Silica-based ceramics are highly aesthetic due to their high glass content and excellent optical properties due to the addition of filler particles which enhance opalescence, fluorescence which can ...

7. Anterior teeth - Wikipedia

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   The distinction is one of anterior (front of the body) versus posterior (rear of the body). The distinction holds in both the upper jaw ( maxilla ) and lower jaw ( mandible ). As a rough guide, it can be said that the anterior teeth are tailored to biting (breaking the food into chewable chunks) [ 1 ] whereas the posterior teeth are tailored to ...