When is Fixed Prosthodontics done? - Answers severely broken down teeth
What are types of Fixed Prosthodontics? - Answers inlay, onlay, crowns, fixed partial dentures, implants
When is Removable Prosthodontics done? - Answers restoring dentition on individuals who have
permanently lost their teeth
What are types of Removable Prosthodontics? - Answers complete dentures, removable partial dentures
Prosthodontics - Answers branch of dentistry pertaining to restoration and maintenance of oral
function, comfort, appearance, and health by restoring natural teeth and/or replacement of missing
teeth with artificial substitutes
Fixed prosthodontics - Answers branch of prosthodontics which restores and/or replaces teeth by
substitutes that are not readily removed from the mouth
Prosthesis - Answers device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing
or defective part of the body
Dental Prosthesis - Answers an artificial replacement of one or more teeth and or associated structures
Intra-coronal restorations - Answers those that fit within the anatomical contours of the clinical crown
of a tooth
Extra-coronal restorations - Answers those that encircle all or part of remaining tooth structure
Crown - Answers a prosthesis that restores missing tooth structure by surrounding part or all of
remaining structure
Inlay - Answers a fixed intra-coronal restoration made outside of a tooth to correspond to the form of
the prepared cavity
Onlay - Answers a fixed intra-coronal restoration that extends larger than an inlay, has an occlusal
component, and restores/protects cusps
Fixed partial denture - Answers a prosthetic appliance that is permanently attached to remaining teeth
or implants and replaces one or more missing teeth
What is a fixed partial denture also referred to as? - Answers bridge
Finish line - Answers peripheral extension of a tooth preparation
Margin - Answers outer edge of a crown, inlay, onlay, or other restoration
What is a line angle in dentistry? - Answers the junction of two surfaces of a tooth or of two walls of a
tooth cavity or tooth preparation