Do posterior teeth supra-erupt when opposite resected segments have not been
prosthetically restored?
Acknowledgments
The authors declare no conflict of interest related
to this study. There are no conflicts of interest and
no financial interests to be disclosed.
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Arieh SHIFMAN
DMD, Senior Clinical Lecturer
Department of Oral Rehabilitation
Sackler School of Medicine
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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He graduated from the Hadassah Dental School Jerusalem (DMD). He got his advanced Education at Sloane
Kettering USA specializing in Maxillofacial Prosthodontics and Prosthodontics. He is Head of the IDF Dental
Prosthetic unit. He is also Chief Consultant in Maxillofacial Prosthodontics and Temporomandibular Disorders
at the Beilinson Hospital Petach Tikva. He is Head of the Prosthodontics and Prosthodontic graduate program
IDF. He is also Honorary member of the International College of Prosthodont