Question 69 · LDEK · Fixed restorations

Fixed partial dentures made of metal alloys cemented on vital teeth with unfavorable retentive features - short clinical crowns and an extensive loss of hard dental tissues - should be cemented with:

  1. A. carboxylate cements.
  2. B. phosphate cements.
  3. C. dual cure adhesive cements.
  4. D. calcium hydroxide based cements.
  5. E. glass-ionomer cements.
Hint

When mechanical retention is poor the cement itself must bond; remember also that curing light does not pass through metal.

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