INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH PERIO-PROSTHO RELATIONSHIP
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Explore the interdisciplinary relationship between Periodontics and Prosthodontics with high-yield BDS exam notes. Revise biologic width, crown-lengthening surgery, intracrevicular margins, restoration placement and important viva voce questions for quick exam preparation.
TOPIC: PERIO-PROSTHO RELATIONSHIP
📌 POINTS TO PONDER
🔹Crown-lengthening surgery is the surgical procedure which exposes adequate clinical crown to prevent the placement of the crown margin into the area of the biologic width.
🔹Biologic width is defined as the dimension of healthy gingival tissue, which is attached to the tooth coronal to the crest of the alveolar bone.
📌 VIVA VOCE
Q1. What is the dimension of biologic width?
Ans. Connective tissue attachment of 1.07 mm and 0.97 mm of junctional epithelium makes total biologic width of 2.04 mm.
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