A KNIFE EDGED RIDGE CASE

This gentleman wanted to be able to chew again on his right jaw. A very narrow ridge. We placed in the implants and usually in such cases, the bridge is cemented permanently within a month. The bridge was cemented. As a result, the patient was able to chew his food again. It encouraged him so much  that within six months,after a successful removal of bladder stones, he began to exercise regularly and cut down in his smoking. The last time we saw him, he was hale and hearty and telling his friends about how dental implants changed his life for the better.

ANOTHER CASE OF KNIFE EDGED RIDGE

This is a patient who already had a conventional in place from another dentist and came back from another country. We placed in a Mostdi and a mostdibud and cemented a two unit bridge over it.

Yes. We practise lipping over the mucosa liberally. It is a practice which every dentist have used successfully over the years with conventional bridges built on natural teeth. The main problem then were and are cervical caries in the abutment teeth immediately adjacent to the pontics. When used with implants, it does not happen because implants do not decay. In addition, a large sulcus in the name of a nice emergent profile is avoided with its concomitant uncleansable excess cement is avoided. In this case, all the excess cement can be removed definitively with the use of a dental floss. A cleaning groove in between the two abutments will allow a bridge cleaner to effectively remove all excess cement conclusively. Gives you great peace of mind.