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The dental prosthesis (or prosthetic Dentistry) is the specialty in Dentistry where missing teeth are artificially replaced by making mobile or fixed prosthetic elements and generically from different materials. It has been almost universal that unexpected loss of tooth structure and, particularly, missing anterior teeth create physical and functional problems and often psychological and social disturbances as well.
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Bergmann, C.P., Stumpf, A. (2013). Introduction. In: Dental Ceramics. Topics in Mining, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38224-6_1
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