Abstract

MONTERO PARRILLA, José Miguel; ALMAGRO URRUTIA, Zoraya Emilia  and  JUSTO DIAZ, Milay. The Broadrick flag in the implantological rehabilitation. Case presentation. Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2013, vol.12, n.4. ISSN 1729-519X.

Introduction: the Broadrick flag constitutes a device that allows restoring the plane of occlusion and creating the Spee's curve when the restorations for the posterior sectors is design. Objective: show the process of restoration of de Spee´s curve using the Broadrick flag and to identify the benefits of this device in the implantological rehabilitation. Case report: female patient of 56 years old that came to the Implantology´s office of the Dentistry's Faculty of Havana to be rehabilitated by prosthesis. After transfer the craneomandibular relationship, through the face-bow, to the Dentatus's semiadjustable articulator, one proceeded to oilcloth the definitive restorations having under consideration the determining ones belonging to the occlusal morphology and using the Broadrick flag. Conclusions: the adequate use of the Broadrick flag allowed both, dentist and technician, created the Spee's Curve easily, having as a result ending an implantological rehabilitation, aesthetically accepted, that restored the patient's occlusal- joint equilibrium.

Keywords : broadrick flag; dental occlusion; Spee's Curve.

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