What?

• When a tooth is absent and need to be replaced by using the neighbouring teeth as anchors.

When?

• Where the adjacent teeth are at both sides of the gap and would benefit from crowns

Advantages

• Conventional treatment with good predictable results

Disadvantages

• Sometimes requires considerable reduction of the teeth resulting in pulp death which would require root canal therapy
• More difficult to keep clean and free of gum infection or tooth decay
• Failure can result in loss of supporting structures, eg. Anchor-teeth.
• When there are no adjacent teeth at both sides of the gap.

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