Marginal Adaptation of Fixed Prostheses and Root Caries on Extracted Teeth

• Published in: JOURNAL OF DENTAL HEALTH Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 313 - 318
• Main Authors: OKAZAKI, Manami, WATANABE, Rie, ISHIKAWA, Akira, MORITA, Manabu, WATANABE, Tatsuo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japanese Society for Oral Health 1993
• Subjects: Extracted teeth; Fixed prostheses; Marginal adaptation; Root caries

The correlation between marginal adaptation of fixed prostheses and root caries was studied on 696 extracted teeth. Marginal adaptation was measured by the width of the gap between the prosthesis and the tooth. Marginal misfit was defined as a vertical gap of more than 0.1mm using Hu-Friedy #8 explo...