A Modified Design for Posterior Inlay-Retained Fixed Dental Prosthesis

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(a) Preoperative intraoral view illustrating loss of mandibular second premolars in a 24-year-old male patient. (b) Intraoral occlusal view illustrating the abutment teeth prepared to receive the metal-ceramic IRFDPs: (left) the modified design and (right) the traditional design. (c) Try-in of the IRFDPs before cementation: (left) the modified design and (right) the traditional design. (d) Intraoral occlusal view of the two IRFDPs after cementation: (left) the modified design and (right) the traditional design.

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