Abstract
Precision attachments have been largely ignored by most dental professionals for trivial reasons such as cost and reluctance of a practitioner to grasp the intricacies of its indications and applications. Precision attachments offer considerable advantages such as increased retention of a denture, preservation of teeth which are otherwise indicated for extraction, as a viable alternative to implant retained overdenture and the ability to obtain parallelism in divergent abutments. A prosthodontist who familiarizes himself with precision attachments will be in a position to suggest a better treatment options in retaining teeth which might otherwise be considered for extraction or immediate implant placement. In this clinical report, we have described an overdenture placed on a previously unfavourable abutment made favourable by placing directional rings to maintain parallelism thus facilitating easy insertion and removal of the prosthesis.
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Dileep Nag, V., Ravindra, P. & Thirupathi Reddy, B. A Simplified Chair-Side Technique with Pre-Fabricated Directional Rings in a Case of Divergent Root Retained Overdenture. J Indian Prosthodont Soc 11, 130–132 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13191-011-0070-0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13191-011-0070-0