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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2014

A female patient presented to a dental prosthetics clinic complaining of acute pain in the 26 tooth. The pain gets worse in the evening and at night. Objectively: the patient has a cantilever porcelain-fused-to-metal dental bridge supported by the 26 tooth and the 25 tooth cantilever. The tooth is live, the preparation was performed under conduction anesthesia. The prosthesis is fabricated in compliance with all requirements. What medical error might have caused this complication?

Answer options

  1. Shaping the tooth as a truncated cone
  2. Lack of medial support for the bridge
  3. Continuous tooth preparation without cooling, no provisional crowns
  4. Preparation of the radial shoulder in the cervical zone
  5. Cementing the bridge on the phosphate cement
Correct answer

Continuous tooth preparation without cooling, no provisional crowns

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