Case Report

Year : 2019 | Volume : 10 | Issue : 2 | Page : 95-98

Mini-screw assisted interim pontic

S B V Ramana Reddy, Jonnalagadda Venkata Naga Sravanthi
Private Practitioners (Orthodontists), Eswar Dental Clinic, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Correspondence Address:

Dr. S B V Ramana Reddy

Eswar Dental Clinic, MIG-276, Road No. 4, KPHB Colony, Hyderabad - 500 085, Telangana, India.

Abstract:

Replacement of missing teeth in growing children is one of the challenges an orthodontist encounters. Removable partial denture or resin-bonded fixed denture can be considered as replacement options, but they promote alveolar bone loss due to lack of alveolar loading. Removable denture is undesirable as adolescents are self-conscious in revealing the edentulous space while eating. Resin-bonded fixed denture compromise alveolar and gingival contours. Dental implants are not placed in growing children due to remaining growth. Orthodontic miniscrews can be efficiently used for interim restoration before skeletal growth. The current article presents a case report of miniscrew-assisted interim tooth pontic.

Source of Support: 

None

Conflict of Interest: 

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DOI: 10.4103/ijor.ijor_12_19

How to cite this article: Reddy SV, Sravanthi JV. Mini-screw assisted interim pontic. Int J Orthod Rehabil 2019;10:95-8.