BDS5 content + exam Qs Flashcards
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What things do you need to consider and check prior to selecting an RBB?
10 (5+5)
- Is the abutment tooth…
…long enough to have a metal cantilever?
…have enough enamel surface area for bonding with the adhesive resin based cement?
….translucent? If enamel surface is too translucent, tooth can appear darker
…restored / heavily restored?
….periodontally sound?
- Is spacing & alignment of natural teeth favourable?
- How large is the pontic span? Will abutments support this span length
- smile line
- Any parafunctional habits / tooth wear, angulation, crowding & rotations?
What are the occlusal considerations for RBB design?
Pontic should have…
…no contact on dynamic occlusion (lateral excursions) &
…very light contact on static occlusion (ICP)
What are the types of forces experienced by the teeth?
Oblique forces for anterior teeth
Posterior forces for posterior teeth
What material are RBBs made of?
Porcelain fused to non-precious metal alloy wing
Wing: Non-precious metal alloy (Ni-Cr or CoCr), recently zirconia wings
- Thin section 0.7m - 1mm
- max surface area
(Anterior RBB –> cover most of the palate aspect
Posterior RBB –> cover most of occlusal surface & all of palatal/lingual surface)
Connector:
- 180o “wraparound”
- 3mm connector height
Crown: non-precious alloy covered by layer of porcelain
- modified ridge lap shape (ideal)
- ovate (for immediate rbb)
What is a major contraindications for RBBs?
Class 3 malocclusion
Heavily restored abutment teeth
Bruxism & parafunctional habits
Teeth with extensive bone loss
Lack of clinical crown height in the abutment teeth (reduced surface area increasing failure risk)
Advantages of RBBs
- Preserve tooth tissue (minimal or no prep)
- Less risk to pulpal tissues due to no drilling
- Less time required as minimal or no prep
- If it fails, it’s not catastrophic
- Good intermin solution (temporary whilst pt is saving for a c)
- Cheaper tx option
- Relatively reversible
Disadvantages of RBBs
- Debonding
- Longevity - Don’t last as long as conventional bridge (mean 7 years)
- Aesthetics - Metal shine through
- Can’t chew on very crunchy / hard foods
- If pt has a diastema (can’t do this as the tooth needs to be touching an adjacent tooth)
Reasons RBBs fail
- heavy contact on pontic
- lack of seal
- poor cementation technique (lack of moisture control)
Stages of RBB cementation
- fit & show pt (use gauze protect airway)
- assess fit & contacts
- isolate with rubber dam
- re-sandblast metal wing & abutment surface prior to cementation
- use adhesive resin based cements (Panavia)
- etch, prime & bond abutment
- mix panavia & cement RBB
- remove excess with microbrush while cement is setting
- apply oxyguard for 4 mins to create O2 free environment for setting
What is the ideal RBB design & why?
- modified ridge lap pontic design shape
- mesial cantilever
- abutment to be tooth with longest root (PDL support)
- 3mm connector height
What happens if RBB is too high?
- Tooth not prepped so no space for wing
○ Eg if all teeth touching on ICP, then when placing the 0.7mm wing, everything else will dis-occlude & the only contact- But because of Dahl, there is an axial movement so some teeth will extrude & intrude, making the teeth touch (-> reasonable recalibration of bite to re-establish all those contacts)
Options for RBB placement if there is limited space?
- Place RBB & dahl teeth into occlusion
- Prepare the teeth, consent to prep, place rbb (if prep is in dentine, pt may post-op experience sensitivity & use prep guides to help)
- Create space for wing w/out prepping (by placing GIC stop at surface where wing would be, ie the palatal surface/incisal edge or occlusal aspect for post teeth), open up bite so when in contact, teeth only bite on GIC, monitor every week to see if rest of teeth
What is the dahl concept?
Axial migration of teeth in their natural state in order to re-establish ICP contacts over a period of time when you fit a resto high in occlusion
Effect works by a combination of:
1. Eruption (60%) of the unopposed (not in contact) posterior teeth
2. Intrusion (40%) of the anterior teeth in contact w the appliance
3:1 difference from front to back
What are the considerations for replacing the space of a missing 1st premolar with a RBB?
Abutment tooth should ideally be the one with the greatest root surface area & good bone levels:
- if the 2nd premolar has 2 roots, it will have greater root surface area than the canine
- If the 2nd premolar has 1 root, the canine will have a greater surface area, therefore it would be better for the abutment
○ BUT check if there is canine guidance or group function
§ If canine guidance –> do not interfere with it, so no canine abutment
§ If group function –> can use canine as abutment
Special investigations of abutment teeth
Bissu
- PA radiograph (assess PA status, bone levels & root morphology)
- bone support
- PPD at 6 sites of TIQ
- mobility
- TTP & TTPal
- sensibility testing (cold test & EPT)
- occlusal assessment (static & dynamic)
- any cracks
- any caries? / quality of any existing restos (e.g. if abutment has amalgam restoration, replace it with composite, as cement can bond to composite)
Types of crown/bridge failures:
- Biological failure (2o caries, open margin, operator skill, contour, occlusion)
- Aesthetic failures (restoration contour, emergance profile, hue - pure, colour, value - lightness & chroma - saturation)
- Mechanical failures (delamination/fracture of porcelain, bulk fracture, debonding)
Articulating paper thickness
GHM paper –> 20-30 microns
Shimstock aluminium -> 1 micron
Define abrasion
Abrasion = ‘the wearing of tooth substance that results from friction of exogenous material forced over the tooth surface’
But it can also be wear on a restorative material too i.e. a denture tooth.
Abrasion can lead to cervical abrasion cavities/gum recession
Define attrition
Attrition = ‘wear caused by endogenous material such as microfine particles of enamel prisms caught between two opposing tooth surfaces.
This can be tooth to tooth or tooth to dental materials and is made worse with parafunction.
Define acid dissolution (aka ‘erosion’)
Acid dissolution = loss of tooth structure due to a chemical process that does not involve bacteria.
Effects include: Tooth surface not involved in articulation, cupping of incisal edges or cusp tips, smooth rounded polished lesions, restorations can be standing proud of tooth structure. Sources of acid may be intrinsic or extrinsic.
- Intrinsic sources: morning sickness, GORD, binge drinking, competitive swimmers, anorexia, bulimia. - Extrinsic sources: fruit juices, wine, fizzy drinks, sugary drinks
Define abfraction
Abfraction = loss of tooth structure caused by transmission of forces through cusp tips to thin cervical enamel region resulting in fracture of cervical enamel.
Presents as V-shaped craters
What would you do if a pt has a symptomatic cracked tooth with heavy amalgam restoration?
Bissu
- special investigations to rule out any PA path (before you give LA)
- tooth slooth for pain on release, sensibility tests may give exagerated response, TTP, TTPal, mobility, PPD@6 sites & rad to assess PA path
- impressions for study casts &diagnostic wax ups + photographs
- I need to assess if the tooth is saveable or not, remove old amalgam, check for depth of cracks & amount of sound tooth tissue
- use transillumination, methylene blue dye & magnification (loupes) to assess cracks visually
○ if you see a big crack line, it's a red flag (vertical fracture --> XLA) ○ take picture of crack line, enlarge the image & show it to the pt for them to understand the severity of the prognosis
- If it is a horizontal supragingival crack, then drill around it to remove it until you reach sound tooth tissue & then place a temporary resto, like GIC build up (& make it very clear to the pt that this is a temporary resto)
○ assess if the pt is symptomatic at review
○ if symptomatic of cracked tooth pain (no PA path), explain poor prognosis & XLA
○ if asymptomatic, plan for removal of GIC & prep for cuspal coverage (onlay or crown)
What literature can you refer to, to assess the prognosis of a tooth?
Tooth restorability index (2005)
Dental Practicality Index (BDJ, 2024)
Assesses:
- structural integrity
- periodontal tx need
- endodontic tx need
- the ‘context’ (e.g. old vs younger pt, bruxist vs no bruxist, hx of bisphosphonates etc)
Each assessment category is weighted in scores of 0, 1, 2 & 6
Overall DPI score of 6> indicates tx may be impractical
- impractical threshold is decreased to DPI 4> if TIQ is for a bridge abutment
What are the stages of tx planning?
1) Emergency (get them out of pain)
2) Prevention & Stabilisation (make mouth healthy)
3) Restorative & Rehabilitation (make the mouth function & look well)
4) Recall & Maintenance (monitor & protect mouth)