Before we start The term “dental prosthesis” covers every solution designed to replace one or more missing teeth, or to rebuild a tooth too damaged to be simply filled. There are two broad families: fixed prostheses (crowns, bridges, implant-supported prostheses), which the patient never removes, and removable prostheses (partial or complete), taken out each day
In short Tooth decay is an infectious bacterial disease that progressively destroys the hard tissues of the tooth (enamel, then dentine, then pulp). It affects more than 90% of adults at least once in their lives and remains, alongside periodontal disease, the leading cause of tooth loss. Caught early, it can be treated in a
