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Prosthodontics / Dental Prosthetics

Common Prosthodontic procedures:

  • Removable Prosthesis

    • Complete Dentures (for patients with no teeth remaining)​

    • Partial Dentures (for patients with a few missing teeth)

      • usual denture base materials - resin based - conventional acrylic or 'flexible' acrylic, or casted metal​

  • Fixed Prosthesis

    • Titanium Dental Implants​

    • Fixed Bridge

      • usual fixed bridge material - porcelain fused to metal (PFM), porcelain fused to Zirconia ('white metal'),​ monolithic Zirconia, Lithium Disilicate (e.max), Fiber reinforced composites (Ceramage)

FAQs on prosthodontics

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  • What is Prosthodontics?

    • "Prosthodontics is the area of dentistry that focuses on dental prostheses. A dental prosthesis is an intraoral (inside the mouth) prosthesis used to restore (reconstruct) intraoral defects such as missing teeth, missing parts of teeth, and missing soft or hard structures of the jaw and palate."​

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