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Management of Partial Edentulism Using Nonrigid Connectors as a Treatment Modality: A Case Report

The most frequently encountered clinical situation, either in the maxillary or mandibular arch, is of a missing first premolar and first molar, where the canine and the second molar are known as terminal abutments and second premolar is a pier abutment. This clinical situation poses challenge to pro...

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Autor principal: Sivakumar, Sheela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7243657/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32461861
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7790
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Sumario:The most frequently encountered clinical situation, either in the maxillary or mandibular arch, is of a missing first premolar and first molar, where the canine and the second molar are known as terminal abutments and second premolar is a pier abutment. This clinical situation poses challenge to prosthodontist in rehabilitation phase. It has been postulated that terminal abutment has a rocking movement when in function, whereas pier abutment acts as a fulcrum. This will lead to debonding of the less retentive terminal retainer. In order to overcome this, utilization of nonrigid connectors has been advised. This paper presents a clinical case report which describes incorporation of nonrigid connector to rehabilitate pier abutment case.