I am studying at the University of Ghent, and had the pleasure of being
teached by professor Jan De Boever. He was an advocate of placing
bridgework in many pieces, each supported by two abutments. The theory
behind this was eliminating the possible weakest point in the chain
caused by a lever. For crowns next to each other, you can always floss.

De Boever retired, and now we have a professor who advocates the use of
as many abutments as you can get, so it would act like a splint. Crowns
next to each other are also connected, and can be cleaned by interdental
brushes or toothpicks.

So De Boever would make a total upper arch in several pieces, while De
Bruyn would make it in one giant piece.

These two theories are conflicting. I tried to resolve it by having a
search on Pubmed, but this didn't help much.

Can someone help me out? Can you advise me some good articles, that
would be a great help!