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Terminology Used in Bridgework
- Abutment = tooth, which a bridge or partial denture is attached to
- Framework = structure connected to abutments in order to carry pontic
- Retainer = part of the bridge framework that fits the restoration (crown, inlay) of abutment and is connected to the restoration
- Pontic = artificial tooth as a part of a bridge
- Connector = part of the bridge framework attaching pontic to retainer. Connectors can be rigid or non-rigid (male-female-locking arrangements)
- Span = space between natural teeth that is to be filled by the bridge
- Saddle = area of the edentulous ridge over which the pontic will lie
- Pier = abutment tooth supporting two pontics, each pontic being attached to a further abutment tooth
- Unit = when applied to bridgework, unit can mean either retainer or pontic. A bridge with two retainers and one pontic would therefore be a three-unit bridge
- Member = when applied to bridgework, member is a replaced tooth. A bridge replacing two teeth would therefore be a two-member bridge
- Substructure = bundle of reinforcement fibers
- Suprastructure = structure creating anatomical shape and contour of pontic over the bridge framework
- Slot/Box = rectangle hollow of cubic shape in the distal or mesial side of the teeth, no shoulders
- Groove = long shallow semicircular channel that lies on the oral side on the tooth; used mostly for incisors
- Inlay = restoration, which lies inside the cusp tips of a tooth (MO: mesio-occlusal, MOD: mesio-occlusal distal) – intracoronal restoration
- Onlay = more extensive restoration that covers one or more cusps of a tooth, clasiffied as the smallest extracoronal restoration
- Complete crown = restoration covering the entire anatomy of a tooth´s clinical crown
- Partial crown = restoration covering more than half but not all of the tooth´s clinical crown. A partial crown is named according to the fractional amount of the clinical crown it covers (three-quarters, four-fifth, seven-eights)
Types of Bridge Retainers:
- Complete crown
- Partial crown
- Onlay
- Inlay
- Groove
- Slot
- Non invasive/extracoronal – wings
- Non invasive/extracoronal – splint (Rochette´s splint)
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- Dentapreg™ Implant
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