Double crown retained removable partial denture -4 years in retrospect.
- Author:
Seok Hyung LEE
1
Author Information
1. Samsung Medical Center, College of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Telescope;
Double crown;
Konus crown;
Resilience crown;
Crown sleeve coping;
Hybrid crown
- MeSH:
Crowns*;
Denture Rebasing;
Denture Retention;
Denture, Partial, Removable*;
Dentures;
Humans;
Hygiene;
Incidence;
Prognosis;
Seoul;
Telescopes;
Tooth
- From:The Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics
2004;42(1):73-82
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
STATMENT OF PROBLEM: Little in known about the importance of selection of various double crowns as retainer in determining the outcome of treatment with double crown retained removable partial denture. Purpose : To obtain information about the effects and the results of this treatment modality. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This study describes 61 double crown retained removable partial dentures worn by 51 patients from Samsung Medical Center, Seoul a time ranging between 6 and 48 months and evaluate occlusal contacts on the denture teeth, denture movement, incidence of denture relining, denture retention, fracture of dentures and abutments, hygiene, residual ridge inflammatory changes, number of lost abutments, interruption of denture use. RESULTS: One tenth of all the restorations were relined. Restorations in 21 arches fractured repeatedly for various reasons. There was no apparent interrelationship between fractures and the five groups. CONCLUSION: Good prognoses of removable partial dentures were shown in all groups(Kennedy Classes I, II, III, combination and few remaining abutment).
