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Pretreatment facial and intraoral photographs.
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Clinically, the patient's facial appearance showed signs of a collapsed occlusal vertical dimension (Figure 1). The patient's maxilla diagnosed with Class II Div 1 and mandibula Class III Div 1 according to the Kennedy classification system for partial edentulism (Figure 1).
Occlusal splint.
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The patient used the occlusal splint (Figure 2) for a month.
Periodontal surgery and wound healing at the follow-up period.
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Wound healing was completed at the 6th week after the surgery in the follow-up period (Figure 3).
Preparation of teeth.
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The other abutment teeth (#14, #15, #24, #25, #27, #33, #34, #37, #43, #44, #45, #47) were prepared with a knife edge finish line (Figure 4).
Post treatment photographs.
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The crowns were luted with self-polymerizing composite resin cement (Multilink, Ivoclar Vivadent, Schaan, Liechtenstein) (Figure 5).
Extraoral view of the patient and intraoral view of the restorations after 1 year.
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Patient was recalled twice for postoperative examinations during a 1-year follow-up period (Figure 6).