TOPIC: INTRODUCTION TO FIXED PROSTHODONTICS🎯 KEY POINTS:🔹FPD replaces one or more teeth and is permanently cemented on the remaining teeth.🔹Fixed dental prosthesis is also commonly referred to as fixed bridge.🔹A retainer can be defined as a casting cemented to an abutment tooth which retains or helps to retain a pontic.🔹Replacement tooth is called pontic. 🔹If the pontic is supported only at one end, it is called cantilever pontic.🔹Keyway of the connectors should be placed on the distal side of the pier abutment so that on mesial movement the key has a…
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