current dental terminology code
billing code for prosthodontics, fixed
prosthodontics, fixed
Each retainer and each pontic constitutes a unit in a fixed partial denture.
Local anesthesia is usually considered to be part of Fixed Prosthodontic procedures.
The term 'fixed partial denture' replaces the words 'bridge' and 'bridgework' throughout this section.
ISBN:1935201387#CDT 2011-2012 Current Dental Terminology, Chapter 1