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	How to pictures for sectioning the metal framework of a five unit fixed porcelain-metal dental bridge. 1) 7/8" "Veri-thin discs" from Keystone used to section framework which exhibited rocking upon seating. When sectioning, close one eye (wear goggles) and have the disc make exactly a 90 degree contact with the metal to prevent the disc from breaking. 2) In this photo the dental framework is now in two sections and each individual section no longer rocks. 3) and 4) Retention grooves are cut into the proximal sections of the framework to add mechanical retention to Duralay used during the solder transfer step.
	Metal Framework Try-in of a maxillary and mandibular dental bridge. Correction of Under bite, lower jaw in front of upper jaw, and retained baby teeth. Treatment time was 16 days. Two 14 unit porcelain-metal bridges, were used to increase vertical dimention and "jump" the cross bite. This patient definitely decided against orthognathic treatment.
	Avoid showing palatal metal when making porcelain-metal dental bridges because it looks bad! Sometimes it may be unavoidable if the patient has a very deep bite and short teeth.
	Placement of a Maryland Bridge to replace two missing lower central incisors. 1) Pre-op photo with the patient's removal partial denture in place. 2) Pre-op photo with the denture removed. 3) - 4) Two extra oral photos of the Maryland bridge. 5) - 8) Four post-op pictures following dental bonding of the bridge to the lateral incisor teeth. These teeth bridges can work well in the anterior when a patient is willing to place less force upon them.
Information about these dental photos In medicine and dentistry "left" and "right" are based upon the orientation of the patient's body and not how they appear in a photograph of a smile. For example, a reference to the upper left teeth will actually appear to be on the right side when viewing a picture of the face and similarly an upper right tooth will appear to be on the left side. Many words in dentistry like oral and mouth have a similar meaning and are frequently used together to help our readers find specific words they best understand. This is particularly important because a majority of our visitors are from countries where English is not their primary language. Maxilla or maxillary refer to the upper jaw. Mandible or mandibular refer to the lower jaw. There are many other similar word combinations used throughout this website because our pages are read by patients and dentists. A few of the most common are discussed here. Tooth decay, tooth cavity and dental caries all mean the same thing. Tooth, teeth and dental are also frequently interchanged as in teeth veneers or dental veneer laminate. Oral rehabilitation and dental reconstruction mean smile makeover. The word for x-ray may be used with or without a hyphen (this is true for other words too) and can also be called a radiograph.

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