A method for the repair of Rochette-type adhesive bridges

Terminology focused on design and retention methods used for anterior resin-bonded fixed partial dentures in English literature: A scoping review

“…In this review, a total of 86 terms describing resin-bonded fixed dental prostheses were found, including 73 terms extracted from the various publications generated from the electronic search and 13 terms found by hand-searching as presented in Table 3 [ 4 , 10 , 11 , 13 , [25] , [26] , [27] , [28] , [29] , [30] , [31] , [32] , [33] , [34] , [35] , [36] , [37] , [38] , [39] , [40] , [41] , [42] ].…”

“…In 1977, Howe and Denehy demonstrated the possibility of using the Rochette design to replace an anterior missing tooth [ 3 ]. A few years later, the terms ‘Rochette bridge’ and ‘Rochette-type adhesive bridge’ appeared in scientific literature [ 4 ]. However, clinical results with regard to this design showed a high failure rate due to early debonding [ 5 , 6 ].…”