Dental prostheses
Replacing lost teeth is very important to support our aesthetics and restore chewing and speech function, as well as to avoid tooth movements that would cause decay and other pathologies.
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Why should we replace missing teeth?
If extracted teeth are NOT replaced with a prosthesis, it is very common for the adjacent teeth to drift into the empty space and for the opposing tooth or teeth to over-erupt, which over time will lead to:
- Changes in how the teeth bite together, which can limit chewing and/or cause temporomandibular joint dysfunction.
- Partial closure of the space, which will limit proper replacement of the extracted tooth or teeth, to the point of making it impossible.
- The same happens when an opposing tooth over-erupts, partly taking up the height of the space corresponding to the crown of the extracted tooth.
- In addition, because of the food trapping caused by the alteration or loss of contact points, decay can develop both between the teeth next to the extracted one and between the opposing tooth and its neighbours.
Types of prostheses
Depending on the case, removable or fixed prosthetic rehabilitations can be offered. Both aim to replace missing teeth with custom-made appliances, restoring lost or reduced chewing and speech function and limiting the aesthetic defect. The difference is that removable prostheses, as the name suggests, can be taken out of the mouth by the patient, while fixed ones remain permanently attached in the mouth and cannot be removed by the patient. Fixed prostheses can be attached to remaining teeth or to implants.
There are two types of fixed prosthesis:
- Tooth-supported or conventional fixed prosthesis, in which the supporting teeth have to be reduced (prepared), removing a thin layer.
- Implant-supported fixed prosthesis (that is, attached to implants), in which the prosthetic structure can be screwed or cemented onto abutments that are, in turn, screwed into the implants.
Removable
- Complete
- Partial
- Implant-retained
Fixed
- Implant-supported
- On natural teeth
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