title: Simultaneous team approach of a crown-lengthening procedure and an operative restoration: technique and long-term effect.
abstract: Traditionally, crown-lengthening procedures to expose subgingival caries for operative restorative work are carried out in a two-stage approach. A disadvantage of this procedure is that the gingival margin associated with the treated tooth moves apically; this may create an esthetic problem. Resin-modified glass-ionomer cement has been demonstrated to have good biocompatibility with dental hard and soft tissues. Surgical and restorative procedures were combined at the same appointment in an effort to achieve a restoration with minimal change in the gingival margin. Four patients have been treated with this one-stage team approach and followed for 8 to 13 months. The clinical results demonstrated this team approach procedure is excellent for the dentition when esthetics is a consideration.
authors.affiliation: Dental Department, National Cheng Kung University Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Wolff
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016556:Crown Lengthening / Q000379:methods*; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000379:methods*; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005260:Female; D005889:Gingival Recession / Q000601:surgery; D005893:Gingivoplasty; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012117:Resins, Synthetic; D017213:Root Caries / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps
chemical_list: C079765:Fuji II LC cement; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements; D012117:Resins, Synthetic