Clinical, Radiographical and Questionnaire Study of Failures of Fixed Partial Dentures/Crowns Fabricated in Fixed Prosthodontics Clinic in College of Dentistry, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia
Abstract
Tareq Ali, Leoney A, Hesham Othman and Adel Mostafa Almonheim
Fixed partial dentures/crowns have become the most common modality of treatment to replace missing teeth/tooth structure. They are also the most commonly preferred treatment option by the patients. The most important question to be answered is the success and failure rates of the fixed partial dentures/crowns. It is absolutely vital for us to know the reasons for the failure of the prosthesis so that adequate precautions and measures could be taken to avert the same. Failures could be mechanical, biological and esthetic. The following study will throw a light into the most common failures of the fixed partial dentures/crowns as well as the reasons for the failure of the prosthesis.