Assessment of the Efficacy of Riding Pontic and Riding Pontic Attached with Novel P Spring: An In Vivo Study

IntroductIonAll patients aim for a beautiful smile at the end of orthodontic treatment, but most of them are often worried about their appearance during the course of treatment.Maintaining esthetically pleasing results throughout treatment is the main challenge of a clinician in cases involving retained deciduous teeth, missing teeth, and edentulous space during implant treatment, orthodontics, and other interdisciplinary treatment approaches. 1,2n order to position the teeth for the best possible functional and esthetic outcomes, preprosthetic orthodontic treatment is frequently required to facilitate the restorative procedure.Riding pontics are temporary prostheses that can be used for any missing tooth and are used in patients undergoing fixed orthodontic treatment. 3However, they may experience a variety of issues, including swallowing of the pontic if it becomes loose, rotation around the archwire, and the necessity to install rectangular archwires prior to the riding pontic.Furthermore, the stability and support of a riding pontic is the most commonly encountered problem while dealing with a missing tooth.Riding pontics are especially good when there is a loss of one or more anterior teeth. 4t is possible to stop the formation of aberrant behaviors like tongue thrusting, poor speech, missing tooth's precise mesiodistal width, and the patient's psychosocial status.The most frequent cause of tooth loss is dental caries (52.6%), which is followed by periodontal disease (27.6%).About 12.3% of all tooth loss is caused by extractions, a traditional procedure.Trauma and orthodontic