Esthetic treatment of severe tetracycline staining with orthodontics and veneers: a case report.
This case history describes and illustrates the excellent esthetic results now clinically possible when fixed appliance orthodontic therapy is combined with porcelain veneers to treat severe tetracycline staining and crowding. Because the patient also presented with a bimaxillary protrusion and a displaced maxillary midline, the treatment options also illustrate the dilemma between ideal, but prolonged, treatment options and quicker, but compromised, alternatives. The excellent final result accepted the initial protrusion but corrected the midline. A long-span bonded multistrand wire functioned as semipermanent retention.
Cooke
M S
MS
Department of Children's Dentistry and Orthodontics, University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Dentistry, Prince Philip Dental Hospital.
Wei
S H
SH
D000328:Adult; D003801:Dental Veneers; D005115:Extraoral Traction Appliances; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective / Q000379:methods*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D013754:Tetracyclines / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014075:Tooth Discoloration / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D014081:Tooth Extraction
D013754:Tetracyclines