[Use of telescopes for rehabilitation with removable dentures. 2. Clinical examples]. / Utilisation des éléments télescopiques pour les réhabilitations prothèses adjointes. II. Exemples cliniques.

The purpose of these clinical cases is to show the advantages of coping abutments in fixed and removable partial denture reconstructions. These cases try to gather the largest indications for this technique. The emphasis is put on many positive points of this type of reconstruction: control and easy maintenance via an optimal accessibility to the abutments; may be used in complex rehabilitations combined with other types of attachments; easy insertion of the removable partial denture by the patient; improvement in the prognosis for cases that cannot be treated with fixed prosthodontics and precision attachments. A good aesthetic result can be achieved and gives expectation for an encouraging future for this type of well-made reconstruction.

[Use of telescopic crowns for rehabilitation with removable dentures. 1. Principles]. / Utilisation des éléments télescopiques pour les réhabilitations par prothèses adjointes. I. Principes.

This paper sheds light on retention systems using telescope crowns in fixed and removable partial denture prosthodontics. Although relatively old in concept, these procedures are enjoying renewed interest due to the considerable progress made in precision machining at the dental laboratories. The use of these rehabilitations, simple to understand, nonetheless requires absolute precision regarding their achievement. The practitioner and dental technician must bring to this kind of work a maximum of complementarity; communication must be constant for the reciprocal understanding of the problems faced by each of them. It is important to emphasize the ease of application and the number of solutions proposed by these telescope systems which, despite the ever growing quantity of new techniques must be maintained in the prosthetic and therapeutic possibilities.