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2. Dentures - Wikipedia

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   Dentures can help people via: Mastication: chewing ability is improved by the replacement of edentulous (lacking teeth) areas with denture teeth.; Aesthetics: the presence of teeth gives a natural appearance to the face, and wearing a denture to replace missing teeth provides support for the lips and cheeks and corrects the collapsed appearance that results from the loss of teeth.

3. Dental implant - Wikipedia

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   Implants preserve the integrity of the teeth adjacent to the edentulous area, and it has been shown that dental implant therapy is less costly and more efficient over time than tooth-supported FPDs for the replacement of one missing tooth. The major disadvantage of dental implant surgery is the need for a surgical procedure. [17]

4. Complete dentures - Wikipedia

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   There has been a decline in both the prevalence and incidence of tooth loss within the last decades; [1] [2] people retain their natural dentition for longer. Nonetheless there is still a great demand for complete dentures as more than 10% of adults aged 50–64 are completely edentulous, with age, smoking status and socioeconomic status being significant risk factors. [2]

5. Dental prosthesis - Wikipedia

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   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. [1] Prosthodontics is the dental specialty that focuses on dental prostheses.

6. Bridge (dentistry) - Wikipedia

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   Fixed bridge: A dental prosthesis that is definitively attached to natural teeth and replaces missing teeth. [1] Abutment: The tooth that supports and retains a dental prosthesis. [2] Pontic: The artificial tooth that replaces a missing natural tooth. [2] Retainer: The component attached to the abutment for retention of the prosthesis ...

7. Removable partial denture - Wikipedia

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   A single-tooth RPD known as a "flipper tooth" may be used temporarily after a tooth is extracted, during the several months it takes to complete the placement of a dental implant and crown. Advantages of using RPD include: [2] Reduced encroachment on existing teeth; Replacement of a greater number of missing teeth