The secondary support acts to prevent or limit rotation of the pontic around the longitudinal axis of the main support bar (11).

My orthodontist created a pontic attached to the orthodontic wire while waiting for the end of the treatment, where I will finally get an implant.

A pontic (false tooth) replaces the missing tooth.

Pontic: An artificial tooth used in a bridge to replace a missing tooth.

Pontic: An artificial tooth used in a bridge to replace a missing tooth.

Pontic – An artificial tooth used in a bridge to replace a missing tooth.

Pontic – An artificial tooth used in a bridge to replace a missing tooth.

The prosthesis comprises a pontic and huggers that conform to the surface of abutment teeth around a gap filled by the pontic.

A dental prosthesis and method of forming a dental prosthesis.

Thus, the pontic had to be bonded to tooth 21 only, creating a cantilevered pontic.8

The tooth minature (14) has a configuration similar to a cuspid, a molar or other tooth shape depending upon the desired location of the fixed bridge within the patient's mouth.

The part that connects them and that replaces the missing tooth is called pontic.

It consists of a false tooth – known as a ‘pontic’ which is flanked by two crowns.

The part, which connects them, replaces the missing tooth, is called pontic.

The false tooth, called a pontic, sits in the missing tooth’s space above the gum.