Failed Bridge
A 47-year-old man works in Africa. While he is visiting his family at Atlanta, he has toothache in the lower right. Examination reveals secondary caries under #31 retainer (Fig.1) and mesial open margin of #28 retainer (Fig.2). Surgery is scheduled next day.
Before sectioning between #29 and 30 (Fig.4 dashed line), take Alginate impression for the lower right quadrant to fabricate a surgical stent. Two implants are to be placed at the sites of #30 (5x14 mm) and 31 (6x14 mm) (Fig.3,4).
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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 05/31/2015, last revision 05/31/2015