17 May 2024
According to the Glossary of Prosthodontic Terms (GPT), a dental prosthesis is defined as “an artificial replacement (prosthesis) of one or more teeth (up to the entire dentition in either arch) and associated dental/alveolar structures; dental prostheses usually are subcategorised as…
29 March 2024
Both in clinical and dental practice, handling handpieces correctly has always been a sensitive and highly debated topic given the special nature of these instruments.
In fact, regardless of whether they run using turbines or micromotors, dental handpieces have specific features that make cleaning,…
13 March 2024
Dental cements for dentures are materials that react intraorally and are commonly used to cement a prosthesis to one or more dental elements/implant abutments (1).
The role of the cement is to create a single and continuous layer of material which fixes the prosthesis to the dental/implant abutment,…
13 March 2024
Nowadays, the growing aesthetic demand from patients and the diffusion of biological concepts, such as minimally invasive property and biomimicry, have increasingly popularised the use of minimally invasive aesthetic-functional rehabilitation solutions, such as dental veneers. (1-5)
Dental…
14 February 2024
Bite registration precision is an aspect of crucial importance for the fabrication of satisfactory prosthetic restorations (1–3).
Of all the materials used for bite registration, elastomers are the latest innovation in the field (2).
Characterised by excellent dimensional stability, they are…
10 January 2024
The fabrication of a fixed prosthesis on a single-tooth implant is referred to as an implant-supported crown, often abbreviated to crown. (1)
The implant-prosthesis connection is one of the most crucial factors for the stability of the restoration. (2,3) Selecting and managing the proper prosthetic…
10 January 2024
A full removable denture is an extremely complex and unique treatment due to the anatomical and functional diversities that characterise completely edentulous patients (1–3). For this reason, this type of rehabilitation has always been a great challenge for both dentists and dental technicians…
12 December 2023
An implant-supported prosthesis procedure consists in the selection, fabrication, positioning and rehabilitation of one or more missing teeth and their associated structures by means of dental implants. (1) More specifically, the fabrication of a fixed prosthesis on a single-tooth implant …
