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A premolar prepared as a bridge abutment

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PATIENT

A 58-year-old is missing the upper right second premolar. A three-unit bridge is planned from the first molar to the first premolar, so #5 is prepared as the front abutment.

FINDINGS
  • Tooth #5, the maxillary right first premolar, front abutment
  • Missing tooth in the middle of the span
  • Plan: zirconia bridge with #3 and #5 prepared on one line of draw

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A premolar prepared as a bridge abutment

Practice cases written from published sources. Not an exam or admissions result; your program and examiners decide.

PATIENT

A 58-year-old is missing the upper right second premolar. A three-unit bridge is planned from the first molar to the first premolar, so #5 is prepared as the front abutment.

FINDINGS
  • Tooth #5, the maxillary right first premolar, front abutment
  • Missing tooth in the middle of the span
  • Plan: zirconia bridge with #3 and #5 prepared on one line of draw
Cut the axial walls on #5's long axis, M11 step 4M11 step 4: Cut the axial walls on #5's long axis. Open this step in the lesson.

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M11: Zirconia crown on #5, front abutment of a bridge. Open the lesson step