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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: PONTIC- Mucosal Contact part, Spheroidal usually replaces lower incisors, Ovate in terms of Ridge contact, Contraindications when patient is unwilling for surgery, a slight concavity on the facial side of the ridge which can be cleaned and tolerated by the tissue, cleaned and tolerated by the tissue as long as tissue contact is narrow mesiodistally and faciolingually, cleaning devices passed under the pontic how seesawed in a shoeshine manner, the concavity is created either through surgically at some later time, Modified Sanitary (Hygienic) Advantages, Modified Sanitary (Hygienic) pontic is concave archway mesiodistally, posterior mandible reason least "tooth-like" design, triangular shaped spaces around the tissue contact have a tendency to collect debris, Advantages Diminished deflection in the center of the pontic, Features overlaps the residual ridge, a slight deflective contour to prevent food impaction and minimize plaque accumulation., Characteristics it is easily flossed, Characteristics wherein with a porcelain veneer, it is the most commonly used pontic design in the esthetic zone,, Conical related to the "sanitary dummy", Ultimately saddle or ridge lap pontics are contraindicated for any type of use, Ovate in terms of Contraindications, with Mucosal Contact ???? Ovate