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<blockquote data-quote="Affinity" data-source="post: 243285" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>The previous bridge was a turd... The fact is the pt couldve gotten a nice implant crown on her central for the money shes paid to replace three teeth 2x. The bite is tighter than a .. (fill in your own blank) </p><p></p><p>Done right and proper indication are a starting point, but the fact is, glass breaks. I dont really care why it broke, because I dont do emax bridges. Ive never had a zirconia bridge break over the past 3-4 years ive been doing them, knock on wood. But to say they have the same longevity as a PFM is a bit premature IMO.</p><p></p><p>The last pfm anterior bridge I did was 1.1mm thick on the facial and pt complained it was out too far.. lol. I saw the pt and it looked good.. but it seems like most of the harder cases are always a compromise on either strength or estethics. The Dr has the final say, what can I do? <img src="/forums/images/smilies/test/dontknow.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt="Dontknow" title="Dontknow Dontknow" data-shortname="Dontknow" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Affinity, post: 243285, member: 1246"] The previous bridge was a turd... The fact is the pt couldve gotten a nice implant crown on her central for the money shes paid to replace three teeth 2x. The bite is tighter than a .. (fill in your own blank) Done right and proper indication are a starting point, but the fact is, glass breaks. I dont really care why it broke, because I dont do emax bridges. Ive never had a zirconia bridge break over the past 3-4 years ive been doing them, knock on wood. But to say they have the same longevity as a PFM is a bit premature IMO. The last pfm anterior bridge I did was 1.1mm thick on the facial and pt complained it was out too far.. lol. I saw the pt and it looked good.. but it seems like most of the harder cases are always a compromise on either strength or estethics. The Dr has the final say, what can I do? Dontknow [/QUOTE]
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