Fixed partial denture(FPD)

• Replacement of one or more missing teeth and are attached definitely to the remaining teeth
• It means restoration of teeth by artificial substitutes that are not readily removed from the mouth

consequences of missing tooth

• A missing lower tooth allows the opposite toothto start growing down into the new empty space (supra eruption)
• Movement / tipping of adjacent teeth into the space
• As teeth move they lose contact with their neighbours and new spaces are created
• Incresed food and plaque accumulation cause decay
• Bone where tooth was removed begins to shrink resulting in decreased tooth support and gum disease

advantages

• Aesthetics (tooth color)
• more secure than rpd
• maintain proper occlusal function (chewing efficincy)
• protect and preserve the remaining structures of oral cavity/p>
• superior strength

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