Authors : Himanshu Aeran, Himanshu Aeran, Aishwarya Kesavan, Aishwarya Kesavan, Varun Singla, Varun Singla, Jyotsna Seth, Jyotsna Seth
DOI : 10.18231/j.ijohd.2022.036
Volume : 8
Issue : 2
Year : 2022
Page No : 186-189
A pier abutment is the lone standing abutment tooth between two critically situated edentulous spaces, in a frequently seen clinical situation, a missing first premolar and first molar is seen, which leads to a design where canine and the second molar acts as a terminal abutments and second premolar acts as a pier abutment. This pier abutment acts as a fulcrum which may lead to debonding of the less retentive terminal abutment during function, to overcome this situation a non rigid connector is advised. This paper presents a clinical case report which describes the incorporation of non rigid connector to rehabilitate the pier abutment case in unilateral maxillary and mandibular region.
Keywords: Stress breaker, Pier abutment, Non rigid connector, Keykeyway.