Indelible bond location marks: an avoidable aesthetic hazard.
An increasingly popular method of aiding the precise placement of bonded brackets is to identify the long axis and centre of the crown with small pencil marks. A case is reported where marks placed with a soft pencil in the centre of the etched enamel have led to the inclusion of pigment deep in the enamel surface which has proved impossible to remove.
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Institute of Dental Surgery, London.
D000293:Adolescent; D001840:Dental Bonding / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D003743:Dental Enamel / Q000473:pathology; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005260:Female; D006108:Graphite / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D016910:Orthodontic Brackets; D014075:Tooth Discoloration / Q000209:etiology*
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