What is it about?
Despite the advances in dentistry, single tooth replacement is limited to two broad treatment modalities: removable and fixed dental prostheses. On the one hand, it is hypothetically possible for removable partial dentures (RPDs) to replace single teeth defects.
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Why is it important?
However, in practice, there are at least three relative contraindications precluding their use. First, RPDs encourage bioburden build up resulting in plaque index, gingival index, calculus index, and probing depth increase [1].
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Clinical presentation On June 3, 2024, a 50-year-old female patient presents to the Keller Army Community Hospital Dental Clinic Periodontics Department at West Point New York with a chief concern (CC): “the prosthodontist told me that I needed surgery to receive a crown on my lower left tooth. I am also missing a tooth on the upper left and I would like an implant for that gap.”
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This page is a summary of: Two-Piece Zirconia Implant in a Patient with Nickel Allergy, Journal of Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, November 2025, Acquire Publications LLC,
DOI: 10.54289/jdoe2500111.
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