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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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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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description | 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. |
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spelling | pubmed-72436572020-05-26 Management of Partial Edentulism Using Nonrigid Connectors as a Treatment Modality: A Case Report Sivakumar, Sheela Cureus Dentistry 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. Cureus 2020-04-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7243657/ /pubmed/32461861 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7790 Text en Copyright © 2020, Sivakumar et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 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. |
spellingShingle | Dentistry Sivakumar, Sheela Management of Partial Edentulism Using Nonrigid Connectors as a Treatment Modality: A Case Report |
title | Management of Partial Edentulism Using Nonrigid Connectors as a Treatment Modality: A Case Report |
title_full | Management of Partial Edentulism Using Nonrigid Connectors as a Treatment Modality: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Management of Partial Edentulism Using Nonrigid Connectors as a Treatment Modality: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Management of Partial Edentulism Using Nonrigid Connectors as a Treatment Modality: A Case Report |
title_short | Management of Partial Edentulism Using Nonrigid Connectors as a Treatment Modality: A Case Report |
title_sort | management of partial edentulism using nonrigid connectors as a treatment modality: a case report |
topic | Dentistry |
url | 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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