Niel Grundling and Jacques Malan

OVERCOMING DIFFICULTIES SURGICALLY AND PROSTHETICALLY

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Nov 2010

Provisional crowns

After 3 months

And then came the final bridge

Second set of provisional crowns

This Hybrid technique offers some remarkable advantages;

1. Preservation of the optical and physical properties of the porcelain by decreasing the number of ceramic bakes.

2. Possibility of repair, addition, recontouring and uncomplicated maintenance, even after years of use, without having to refire the ceramic.

Final bridge 2 Final bridge1

Reduces the need for and complexity of technique sensitive surgical procedures

Ian Robertson