Bandage plate

A dressing plate ( cover plate , Nachblutungsplatte , Bluterplatte , engl .: cradle ) is in the dentistry used rigid compression bandage in form of a usually made of plastic such completed panel for mechanical protection of a wound. B. in the case of a known blood clotting disorder or impending rebleeding . The production is mostly done using the deep drawing process . For a firm fit of this plate, it can be attached to the remaining dentition with clamps or ligatures; in the toothless lower jaw a retention z. B. be done by wrapping the jaw.

In this sense, when an immediate prosthesis is incorporated, it can act as a dressing plate immediately after tooth extraction .