FIELD: medicine.
SUBSTANCE: space closure is staged: preparing two fibreglass pipes of a diameter of 1 mm having a length of a defect size. A ligature wire of a diameter of 0.250 mm is inserted into the fibreglass pipes. The fibreglass pipes are crossed over in the defect centre, and the ligature wire is hooked to form a figure of eight. Free ends of the ligature wire are fixed to dental brackets of abutment teeth. The fibreglass pipes are impregnated with a 5-Grade adhesive and polymerised with LED light. An individual artificial tooth is made of a photocomposite on the fibreglass pipes.
EFFECT: method enables providing higher quality of life in patients with bounded edentulous spaces, with partial primary and secondary adentia in the period of orthodontic treatment.
3 dwg, 2 ex
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Dates
2014-07-27—Published
2013-04-02—Filed