Corona protésica completa con ESPIGA

English translation: Complete prosthetic crown with post

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Spanish term or phrase:Corona protésica completa con espiga
English translation:Complete prosthetic crown with post
Entered by: Taña Dalglish

18:47 Mar 17, 2019
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical: Dentistry / AS it relates to dental imaging results
Spanish term or phrase: Corona protésica completa con ESPIGA
This is a radiology report from Costa Rica and the word I need help with is ESPIGA as it relates to dental subject matter.
anapana
United States
Local time: 13:32
post
Explanation:
https://www.kobzadental.com/dental-implants.html
This service combines custom-made restorations, like crowns, bridges, partials, and full dentures, with small implant posts made of titanium that serve as prosthetic tooth roots.

Implant-Supported Bridge Article | Dentures & Dental Implants ...
https://www.colgate.com › ... › Cosmetic Dentistry › Implants
A dental implant is a titanium post (like a tooth root) that is surgically positioned into the jawbone beneath the gum line that allows your dentist to mount replacement teeth or a bridge into that area. An implant doesn't come loose like a denture can.

Complete prosthetic crown with post.

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Note added at 9 days (2019-03-26 21:52:32 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you.
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Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 12:32
Grading comment
Thank you, I also checked with a dentist and they told me it is Post and Core
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Taña Dalglish
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post crown
Chema Nieto Castañón

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post


Explanation:
https://www.kobzadental.com/dental-implants.html
This service combines custom-made restorations, like crowns, bridges, partials, and full dentures, with small implant posts made of titanium that serve as prosthetic tooth roots.

Implant-Supported Bridge Article | Dentures & Dental Implants ...
https://www.colgate.com › ... › Cosmetic Dentistry › Implants
A dental implant is a titanium post (like a tooth root) that is surgically positioned into the jawbone beneath the gum line that allows your dentist to mount replacement teeth or a bridge into that area. An implant doesn't come loose like a denture can.

Complete prosthetic crown with post.

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Note added at 9 days (2019-03-26 21:52:32 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you.

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 12:32
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
Thank you, I also checked with a dentist and they told me it is Post and Core

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  liz askew: What is a Post Crown? – jamie the dentist https://jamiethedentist.com/post-crowns/what-is-a-post-crown... A post crown is a combination of a post (that extends down into the root canal of your tooth) and .... Any tooth having a post, will need a crown on to
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  -> Thank you.

agree  Thomas Walker: I think "post" is correct, but I also think that the term "implant" is most commonly used nowadays.
37 mins
  -> Thanks Tom, but as it stands the Asker said "Corona protésica completa con ESPIGA" with espiga being the trouble word.

agree  Chema Nieto Castañón
10 hrs
  -> Thanks.
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Reference: post crown

Reference information:
En castellano pernos dentales, espigas intraradiculares o postes. Dental post en inglés. Se trata de una estructura inserta en la raíz de un diente parcialmente conservado. Es distinto de un implante, donde el diente original se extrae y se sustituye. Ver por ejemplo una explicación clara aquí;
https://centreslapointe.com/en/blog/difference-dental-implan...

En cuanto a la expresión original (Corona protésica completa con ESPIGA), en inglés suele expresarse con el más sucinto post and crown, con el mismo significado en realidad.

Post crown
https://www.nature.com/articles/sj.bdj.2018.218
http://www.smilesatlegacy.co.uk/post-crowns/
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Chema Nieto Castañón
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 14
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