Journal of Oral Hygiene & Health
Open Access

Abstract

Different treatment options are available for the clinician when facing an anterior single tooth replacement: Removable partial dentures, three-unit cemented fixed partial denture (FPD), implant supported restoration or resin-bonded FPD. Many different clinical and personal parameters must be taken into account for the restorative dentist and the patient to make the more suitable and predictable choice: esthetic outcome, longevity, length of treatment, risks and costs. As an alternative to three-unit-cemented FPD’s, dental implant therapy is a conservative approach when adjacent teeth are intact but remains a very sensitive procedure in the esthetic zone. Treatment durations, risks and costs can also be discouraging for the patient. Cantilever resin-bonded FPD’s must be considered an attractive and reliable alternative treatment option.

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