High-risk esthetically driven restoration: begin with the end in mind

Compend Contin Educ Dent. 2013 Mar;34(3):206-10.

Abstract

A high-risk esthetically driven restorative case requires the dental team, along with the patient, to have a clear vision of the final outcome. In this case of a 33-year-old woman who wanted to improve her smile, esthetic problems stemmed from a retained deciduous maxillary left canine along with an impacted tooth No. 11. Among a number of concerns was the shape and color of the deciduous canine and the uneven length of the maxillary central incisors. A treatment plan that included orthodontics with removable aligners, occlusal adjustment, composite restorations, extraction and implant placement, indirect porcelain veneers, and a custom abutment and PFM crown was successfully executed in four phases over the course of more than 4 years.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Crown Lengthening
  • Crowns
  • Cuspid
  • Dental Implantation, Endosseous
  • Dental Implants, Single-Tooth*
  • Dental Restoration, Permanent / methods*
  • Dental Veneers
  • Esthetics, Dental*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Maxilla
  • Occlusal Adjustment
  • Orthodontics, Corrective / methods*
  • Patient Care Planning
  • Risk Management
  • Tooth Wear / therapy
  • Tooth, Deciduous / pathology
  • Tooth, Impacted / therapy*