| EverStick
inlay bridge
Step-by-step:
- The patient is a 51-year old woman. Her premolar tooth in the upper
jaw fractured and had to be removed. To replace the missing tooth we
decided to make an EverStick fiber
reinforced composite bridge using the direct method at the clinic.
- The initial situation. For the molar tooth we prepared a cavity mesially.
On the distal surface of the premolar we prepared a distal cavity for
EverStick reinforcement. A wide area of cavities
and bonding surfaces were etched. Cavities were bonded normally and
light cured. After careful drying, flow plastic was placed onto the
bottoms of the cavities. The flow composite was not hardened at this
point
- By using dental floss we measured the right size of EverStick
fiber bundle. EverStick
is packed on a silicone mold which makes it easy to handle.
- EverStick fiber
reinforcement was placed at the bottom of the cavities and light cured.
To replace the missing tooth we need at least one EverStick
fiber bundle.
- The EverStick fiber
reinforcement was covered first with flow composite and light cured.
The intermediate section was layered with composite. The proximal spaces
of premolar teeth must be left clear to ease cleaning.
- We reinforced the pontic by attaching unidirectional EverStick
fibers in transverse direction onto the frame.
The pontic frame makes it easier to build the pontic from composite
resin as well as reinforces it.
- The bridge was adjusted to the occlusion and finished using a Bullet
diamond.
- The ready EverStick fiber
reinforced bridge photographed from the labial side. By the patient's
request we built a microfiller composite facade on the premolar.
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