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Volume 7 Issue 8 (August, 2019)

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Evaluation of Complications Associated with Fixed Partial Denture- An observational study
Charu Kapoor, Sharad Vaidya

Background: Fixed prosthodontic treatment involves the replacement and restoration of teeth by artificial substitutes that are not readily removable from the mouth.Hence; the present study was undertaken for evaluating the complications Associated with Fixed Partial Denture (FPD). Materials & methods: 133 patients consecutive who underwent prosthetic rehabilitation of missing mandibular first molar by a three unit FPD involving mandibular second premolar and mandibular second molar were enrolled in the present study. In all the patients, follow-up was done upto a time period of 2 years and occurrence of any complication in relation to the FPD was recorded.FPD was removed in all those patients in whom complication and failure occurred. After removal of FPD, the evaluation of type of pontic design and condition of abutment was done. Material used for FPD was also recorded. All the results were recorded in Microsoft excel sheet and were analysed by SPSS software.  Results: Overall, complications occurred in relation to FPD in 17 patients. Therefore; the overall incidence of complication was 12.78 percent. Caries of the abutment was the most common reason for failure of FPD, found to be present in 8 patients. Peri-apical pathology was the reason for the failure of 6 cases of FPD. Other reasons for failure of FPD were pain/discomfort, periodontal pathology and fracture of abutment. CONCLUSION: FPD is a significantly effective line of treatment for rehabilitating patients with missing teeth. However; its prognosis is largely dependent upon the periodontal and clinical status of the adjacent teeth.
Key words: Failure, Fixed partial denture, Prosthetic rehabilitation.
 
Received: 13 March, 2019                                         Revised:  10 July 2019                              Accepted: 11 July 2019

Corresponding author: Dr. Sharad Vaidya, Associate Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Himachal Dental College, Sundernagar, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India

This article may be cited as: Kapoor C, Vaidya S. Evaluation of Complications Associated with Fixed Partial Denture- An observational study. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2019;7(8): 149-152.

 
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