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What is Prosthetic Dental Treatment? How is it performed?

What is Prosthetic Dental Treatment? How is it performed?

What is Prosthetic Dental Treatment?

It aims to deliver the aesthetics, phonation and function that the patient has lost, by reforming the damaged teeth, and tissues surrounding inside the mouth.


What are the treatment options in Prosthodontics?

Fixed Dentures: For the teeth that do not have sufficient dental tissue support and have lost material that cannot be restored with filling material, according to the size of tissue loss, on-lay restorations or by reducing the size of the tooth crown restoration can be performed. In cases where one or more teeth are missing, prostheses are placed by reducing the size of the teeth on both sides of the cavity and using them as a support. This is called bridge prosthodontics. Changes in people's social lives, advancing technology in dentistry and advances in prosthetic treatments have increased the aesthetic and functional expectations of patients as well as the quality of life. Especially with the increase of aesthetic expectation, metal alloys used in infrastructure have been replaced by superior aesthetic and biocompatible materials.
Zirconium Restorations: They are highly resistant, biocompatible, durable and aesthetic restorations. The fact that zirconium oxide is a material close to natural tooth color and the fact that it remains resistant to forces, has made the use of zirconium ceramics widespread in fixed and implant prostheses.
Empress crowns: These are restorations with high aesthetic properties, with increased durability and very good light transmittance, performed without infrastructure materials such as metal or zirconium oxide.
Laminate Restorations: It is applied by adhering the leaf-shaped porcelains obtained as a result of minimal abrasion of the tooth surface and it is used for treating the shape, color, form and size disorders in the teeth. It is a highly aesthetic restoration, similar to natural teeth.


What are Removable Dentures?

It is used in cases where there is a natural tooth but sufficient support cannot be provided for a fixed denture. It is made with support from both teeth and tissues. Dentures that can be attached and removed by the patient are partial dentures. In partial dentures, metal parts extended on natural teeth to get support, disrupt the aesthetic appearance.  Precision attachment prostheses are used to eliminate this negativity.


What is Implant-Supported Prosthetics?

Prostheses made with support from implants instead of natural teeth are called implant-supported prostheses.
Implant-Supported Fixed Dentures: They are crown or bridge prostheses that are made with support from one or more implants, fixed by adhering or by screwing. It prevents damage to the adjacent healthy teeth by placing it in the missing area, especially in case of missing teeth. These prostheses can be made of metal, ceramic or zirconium.
Implant-Supported Mobile Dentures: Removable dentures on implants are a form of treatment with 2, 3 or 4 implants placed in the jawbone in edentulism. These prostheses are supported by both implants and tissues. In severely resorbed jaw bones, it eliminates the displacement problem of removable prostheses by using less implants.
Hybrid prostheses: The rapid development in implant technology and the widespread use of implant treatment have helped the patients using removable prostheses switch to a fixed prosthesis. With these implant-supported prostheses called hybrid prostheses, more comfortable-to-use dentures are created. Hybrid prostheses cannot be removed by the patient, but can be removed by the dentist when necessary.


What are Maxillofacial Prostheses?

Surgical and prosthetic treatment of large defects that occur after congenital anomalies, trauma or tumor surgery is very difficult. Maxillofacial prostheses enable these patients to be treated in terms of aesthetics and function.
Night plaque: They are transparent plaques made to eliminate the negative situations that may occur in natural teeth and jaw joint as a result of squeezing and grinding the teeth during sleep.