A specialized dental device or framework used to join and to stabilize remaining tooth structures together in order to reduce, limit or eliminate the small movements or elasticity of the tooth tissues or restorative materials by opposing to the forces generated on the tooth and restorations. The use of the actual device or framework is not limited to joining only tooth structures together, but it could also be used to join and reinforce the tooth structures and the restorative material. To adapt to the different possible clinical shapes, it will exist in different versions, depending on the shape, volume and type of remaining tooth surfaces. It could be made of any kind of materials, such as fiber-reinforced composite, ceramic, gold, zirconia or any other type of materials.
