INTEGRATING FIXED AND REMOVABLE PROVISIONAL RESTORATIONS

When both fixed and removable components are required, provisional res torations can be difficult. This article describes a technique where p rovisional restoration ''shells'' are made with a plastic stent of the diagnostic wax-up on lightly prepared teeth of a diagnostic cast. An acrylic removable partial denture is then waxed to the shells. The she lls are relined intraorally after tooth preparation with the partial d enture in place.