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| Term | point contact |
| Variations | conical ridge lap |
| See also | ridge lap, hygienic pontic, ovate pontic, contact |
| Definition | 1. Proximal contacts which are not broad enough, touching at a single point and allowing food impaction into the embrasures. 2. A pontic that only touches the alveolar ridge at its crest. |
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