Modified PEEK Resin Bonded Fixed Dental Prosthesis for a Young Cleft Lip and Palate Patient.

Objective: This clinical report presents the use of a modified poly ether-ether ketone material as an alternative material for the fabrication of resin-bonded fixed dental prosthesis (RBFDP) framework. This new material can be used for patients allergic to metals, maintaining the same high esthetic demand of ceramics, presenting light weightness and a flexibility similar to bone as a distinct advantage over ceramic materials.

Conclusions: The use of a BioHPP RBFDP framework could be considered as an alternative restoration for the replacement of missing lateral incisors in young patients with cleft palate defects.

Accuracy of implant impressions for partially and completely edentulous patients: a systematic review.

Purpose: To compare the accuracy of digital and conventional impression techniques for partially and completely edentulous patients and to determine the effect of different variables on the accuracy outcomes.

Materials And Methods: An electronic and manual search was conducted to identify studies reporting on the accuracy of implant impressions. Pooled data were descriptively analyzed.

Design of removable partial dentures: a survey of dental laboratories in Greece.

The aim of this study was to compare data on design and fabrication methods of removable partial dentures (RPDs) in two major cities in Greece. A questionnaire was sent to 150 randomly selected dental technicians. The participation rate was 79.

Root proximity characteristics and type of alveolar bone loss: a case-control study.

Objective: This study assessed root proximity (RP) in patients with and without periodontitis in terms of prevalence, distribution, location along the root, width and severity, and explored the role of RP characteristics in the type of alveolar bone loss (horizontal or angular).

Materials And Methods: Root proximity was studied in the interdental spaces of 250 patients with periodontitis and 80 patients without disease. Linear measurements were performed in digitized radiographs.

Fabrication of a fixed provisional implant restoration. A report of three cases.

A clinical problem for patients with posterior partial edentulism who are going to be treated with dental implants is provisionalization during the period of soft and hard tissues preparation, the period of osseointegration and construction of the final restoration. Up to now, the available solutions were either the construction of a removable prosthesis or immediate loading of implants. The purpose of this article is to present an alternative technique for fabricating a fixed provisional restoration in patients with posterior partial edentulism.