Poor man’s in-house flipper

It can be difficult to keep an edentulous horizontal space after orthodontic treatment in preparation for a permanent restoration. Traditionally, the orthodontist has maintained such a gap by wearing a Hawley retainer with an attached pontic full-time, but this method has drawbacks. Patients, for example, dislike the ugly metal labial bow, and the pontic commonly fractures off. Hence Pontic was included into the Essix retainer to eliminate this disadvantage. This clinical tip will show you how to make the Poor Man's Flipper step by step.