Creating an improved environment for restorative dentistry using periodontal surgery and the Broadrick flag occlusal plane analyzer
Small, B.W.
General Dentistry 60(1): 12-15
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 0363-6771 PMID: 22313974 Document Number: 11852
In the current case, it might have seemed easier to simply extract both maxillary abutments of the failed bridge, place implants, and make a new bridge. However, since this patient has an autoimmune disease, it was not known whether implants would be rejected by her immune system. In addition, there was little room, if any, to place any type of predictable restoration. Other options, which were not accepted by the patient, were to extract and leave a large space or insert some type of removable appliance. he mandibular crowns on teeth No. 18–20 needed to be replaced, and tooth No. 20 had a large, failing amalgam restoration, so it was easy to acquire more room by removing the old restorations and preparing these teeth. he author believes that it is advantageous to do as much laboratory work as possible yourself. By doing the lab work himself, the author became more familiar with the case, learned precisely how much room was needed, and was able to prepare the teeth more easily than if the work had been done by a commercial laboratory. Knowledge of occlusion and waxing helps, as does having all of the necessary equipment and materials.
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