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2. Dental dam - Wikipedia

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   The dental dam is prepared by punching one or more holes in the dental dam sheet to enable isolation of the appropriate number of teeth required for the dental procedure. The dental dam is then applied to the tooth, anchored into place using a metal or flexible plastic clamp (chosen according to the tooth and area it will be applied to).

3. Resin-retained bridge - Wikipedia

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   One major advantage of the resin-retained bridge over a conventional bridge is the failure mode is likely to be debonding of the retainer. In conventional bridges, the failure mode is likely to be complete fracture of the abutment tooth with difficult-to-manage sequelae, possibly requiring root canal treatment. With a resin-retained bridge the ...

4. Root canal treatment - Wikipedia

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   Isolating the tooth. The use of a rubber dam for tooth isolation is mandatory in endodontic treatment for several reasons: It provides an aseptic operating field, isolating the tooth from oral and salivary contamination. Root canal contamination with saliva introduces new microorganisms to the root canal which compromise the prognosis.

5. Fixed prosthodontics - Wikipedia

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   A bridge is used to span, or bridge, an edentulous area (space where teeth are missing), usually by connecting to fixed restorations on adjacent teeth. The teeth used to support the bridge are called abutments. A bridge may also refer to a single-piece multiple-unit fixed partial denture (numerous single-unit crowns either cast or fused together).

6. Sebastian Inlet Bridge expected to cost nearly 75% more ... - AOL

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   Following Hurricane Dorian, Sebastian Inlet Bridge was deemed unsafe, now the cost of the bridge is rising to over $103 million from $60 million

7. Bridge (dentistry) - Wikipedia

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   The taper of each preparation on the abutment teeth must be the same. This is known as parallelism among the abutments and allows the bridge to fit onto the abutment teeth. Adhesive bridges require minimal preparation. Master impressions: An accurate impression should be made of the prepared teeth, along with an impression of the opposing arch ...