Abstract: A dental prosthesis formed with a metallic foundation which is structured to include filaments forming a basket-like configuration to support an intermediate core member consisting of a material lighter in weight than the material of the metal foundation and shaped and sized to fill a gap between two adjacent ground teeth upon which the prosthesis is supported. Parts of the surface of the intermediate core member not covered by the filaments of the metal foundation are in direct contact with a ceramic cover layer in the finished prosthesis. The core member may be formed as a prefabricated module with wax filling the parts normally filled by the filaments of the metallic foundation.