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Improvement of oral rehabilitation prosthetic techniques thanks to orthodontics
Lies C. , Fernandez S. , Limme M. , Vanheusden A.
Rev Med Liege 2008, 63(10),609-614Abstract : This clinical case underlines the importance of a multidisciplinary approach, prosthetic and orthodontic, for the achievement of an oral rehabilitation treatment plan. Preliminary orthodontic treatment has significatly improved, the position of some natural teeth, which can serve or not as a prosthetic abutment. This has produced a direct prosthetic benefit by limiting tissue reduction for preparation and by giving a better biomecanical and fonctionnal context to the restauration.Thus, after an orthodontic treatment step, lasting a year and a half, using both removable appliance and fixed appliance, prosthetic rehabilitation was possible. This included a fixed prothesis and a removable prosthesis that gave a very satisfyng a esthetic results and good masticating fonction.
