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Fixed Rehabilitation of an ACP PDI Class III Patient.

Michalakis KX

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry, Division of Graduate and Postgraduate Prosthodontics, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA.

This clinical report documents the treatment of a 63-year-old Caucasian female Prosthodontic Diagnostic Index Class III patient using dental implants and a fixed prosthetic reconstruction. The treatment involved the fabrication of single crowns and fixed partial dentures retained by natural teeth in the maxillary arch. The posterior segments of the mandibular arch were rehabilitated with fixed partial dentures retained by endosseous implants.

Published 13 November 2006 in J Prosthodont, 15(6): 359-66.
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