What is Prosthetic Dentistry?
What is Prosthetic Dentistry?
It aims to restore the lost esthetics, phonation and function to the patient by reconstructing the lost teeth and oral surrounding tissues.
What are the Treatment Options in Prosthetic Dentistry?
Fixed Dentures: Inlay, onlay restorations covering a part of the tooth or crown restoration can be performed by reducing the entire tooth, depending on the size of the tissue loss, in teeth that do not have adequate dental tissue support and have material loss that cannot be restored with filling material. In cases where one or more teeth are missing, the prostheses are bridge prostheses, in which the teeth on both sides of the gap are reduced and used as support. Changes in people's social lives, advancing technology in dentistry and developments in prosthetic treatments have increased the aesthetic and functional expectations of patients and raised their living standards. Especially with the increase in aesthetic expectations, metal alloys used in infrastructure have left their place to superior aesthetic and biocompatible materials.
Zirconium Restorations: They are highly resistant, biocompatible, durable and aesthetic restorations. The fact that zirconium oxide is a material close to the natural tooth color and is at least as resistant to forces has made the use of zirconium ceramics in fixed and implant-supported prostheses widespread.
Empress crowns; They are restorations with high aesthetic properties, consisting entirely of ceramic, with increased durability and very good light transmittance, without the use of infrastructure material such as metal or zirconium oxide.
Laminate Restorations: They are very aesthetic restorations close to the natural tooth, obtained by sticking leaf-shaped porcelains obtained as a result of minimal abrasion of the tooth surface in order to treat the shape, color, form and size disorders of the teeth.
What are Removable Prostheses?
In cases where there is a natural tooth but sufficient support cannot be provided for the fixed prosthesis, the prosthesis that can be attached and removed by the patient is partial prosthesis, which is supported by both teeth and tissues. In partial dentures, metal parts extended over natural teeth to support the teeth disrupt the aesthetic appearance. To eliminate this negativity, precision-retained prostheses are used.
What are Implant Top Prostheses?
Prostheses made with support from implants instead of natural teeth are called implant prostheses.
Fixed prostheses on implants: These are crown or bridge prostheses made with support from one or more implants and used as fixed by sticking or screwing. It is placed in the missing area, especially in the absence of a few teeth, preventing damage to the neighboring healthy teeth. These prostheses can be made of metal ceramic or zirconium.
Removable prostheses on implants: Removable prostheses on implants are a form of treatment with 2, 3 or 4 implants placed in the jawbone in complete edentulism. These prostheses are prostheses supported by both implants and tissues. With fewer implants in highly resorbed jaw bones, it eliminates the problem of dislocation of removable prostheses.
Hybrid prostheses: The rapid development in implant technology and the widespread use of implant treatment have provided patients with removable prosthesis comfort to switch to fixed prosthesis. With these implant-supported prostheses, called hybrid prostheses, prostheses that patients can use more comfortably are made. Hybrid prostheses are prostheses that cannot be removed by the patient, but can be removed by the physician when necessary.
What are Maxillofacial Prostheses?
Surgical and prosthetic treatment of large defects that occur after congenital anomalies, trauma or tumor surgery is quite difficult. Maxillofacial prostheses enable these patients to be treated in terms of aesthetics and function.
Night plaque: They are transparent plaques made in order to eliminate the negative situations that may occur in natural teeth and jaw joint as a result of clenching and grinding of the teeth during sleep.
