Ribbond single-visit bridges provide strength, durability, and immediate convenience. Ribbond bridges are cost effective and reliable. Excellent for emergencies, implant temporization, congenitally missing laterals and patients who cannot afford conventional lab fabricated bridgework. Use natural tooth, denture tooth, or composite build-up.
Ribbond
single-visit bridges provide strength, durability, and
immediate convenience. Ribbond bridges are cost effective
and reliable. Excellent for emergencies, implant
temporization, congenitally missing laterals and patients
who cannot afford conventional lab fabricated bridgework.
Use natural
tooth, denture tooth, or composite build-up for the pontic.
If clearance permits, a bridge can be made without preparation of the abutments. If there is not adequate space, shallow preparations might be necessary. The following shows the construction of a long-term bridge framework. For provisional bridges one layer of Ribbond can be used.
Cut off the root of the extracted tooth and fill pulp chamber
with composite.Build Ribbond framework.
Prepare an undercut lingual groove on the extracted tooth.
Bond natural tooth pontic to Ribbond framework with composite.
Choose and shape denture tooth to fit in the edentulous area.
Build Ribbond framework.
Prepare an undercut lingual groove in denture tooth to fit the Ribbond framework.
Use a small round burr to drill small holes in the pontic for extra mechanical retention. Sandblast groove for better mechanical retention.
Bond denture tooth to pontic with composite.
Build Ribbond framework.
Build composite pontic onto Ribbond framework using standard composite technique.
This case shows an elderly woman who lost a mandibular central incisor due to severe periodontal mobility. A Ribbond splint was made incorporating a framework to support a pontic for the edentulous space. The root of the extracted tooth was cut off and the crown was bonded to the framework. At last check this case was still in service after seven years.
