ADJUNCTIVE CARIES CONTROL IN OVERDENTURE ABUTMENT TEETH - A NEW MODALITY

Authors
KURTZ KS
Citation
Ks. Kurtz, ADJUNCTIVE CARIES CONTROL IN OVERDENTURE ABUTMENT TEETH - A NEW MODALITY, The Journal of the American Dental Association, 126(2), 1995, pp. 213-215
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
The Journal of the American Dental Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
00028177
Volume
126
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
213 - 215
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-8177(1995)126:2<213:ACCIOA>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Controlling caries in decoronated abutment teeth is an ongoing concern for the restorative dentist. In the ideal situation, the overdenture abutment is restored with a cast coping, but economic constraints may rule this out in favor of a prefabricated overdenture attachment. This article describes how caries may be controlled in exposed dentin when such a restoration is used.