Smile designing for cleft lip and palate patient: The prosthodontic approach

Autor: Karuna Gajanan Pawashe, Shivsagar Tewary, Pronob Kumar Sanyal, Deepika Khanna
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Indian Journal of Dental Sciences, Vol 9, Iss 3, Pp 202-205 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0976-4003
DOI: 10.4103/IJDS.IJDS_43_17
Popis: The case report describes smile designing of a 22-year-old male patient who was surgically operated for unilateral cleft lip (left side) with Andrew's Bridge system. It is composed of two components: Fixed component (retainers on abutments joined by bar) and removable component. The patient exhibited maxillary anterior defect (Siebert's Class-III anterior ridge defect), teeth transposition, increased mesiodistal edentulous space, bilaterally missing lateral incisor. When there is a limitation of bone grafting/surgical augmentation, alternative treatment modalities such as removable partial dentures, fixed partial dentures with gingival porcelain and/or fixed-removable partial dentures known as Andrew's bridge are indicated.
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