eng Science and Education Publishing International Journal of Dental Sciences and Research 2014-11-30 2 6 168 170 10.12691/ijdsr-2-6-12 IJDSR20142612 article Khurshid Mattoo drkamattoo@rediffmail.com 1 Manas Singh 2 Roma Goswami 3 Prosthodontics, College of dental sciences, Jazan University, KSA Prosthodontics, Ideas dental college, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India Prosthodontics, Subharti dental college, Meerut, India Spacing between natural teeth is considered as a normal characteristic of class 1 malocclusion which is due to its high prevalence. However, spacing in the midline of the natural dentition has always been an area of interest for a prosthodontist. The challenge is so severe that most of the times its incorporation is part of treatment plan rather than any attempt to eliminate it, because midline diastema closure with a fixed prosthesis usually results in esthetic failures. With advances in dental cements especially resin cements; there has been an increase in delivery of resin bonded prosthesis, but has not been explored for possibility of maintaining midline diastema. This article presents a case of midline diastema successfully maintained by resin bonded prosthesis through the use of a loop connector between the pontic and the retainer. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ijdsr/2/6/12/ijdsr-2-6-12.pdf connector occlusion enamel resin cement labial frenum