title: Human enamel veneer restoration in a deciduous tooth: clinical case.
abstract: Trauma to deciduous anterior teeth, frequently occur in children, and the treatment is a big challenge for the pediatric dentistry. In these cases, besides the pain and discomfort provoked by the injury, both child and parents/persons responsible were eager to reconstruct the damage, as soon as possible. In modern operative restorative dentistry, no restorative material is able to substitute for the human dental enamel in quality, color and resistance. The aim of this paper is to relate the treatment of esthetic veneer (facet) of human dental enamel in a three-year-old child after trauma that caused concussion and accentuated color alteration. Clinical results showed an efficient esthetical resolution, revealing it to be a good alternative for treatment of traumatized anterior deciduous teeth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics UMC-Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes.
authors.forename: Sandra Kalil
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bussadori
authors.forename: Marcos Augusto
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: do Rego
authors.forename: Rogério Junqueira
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Antonio Carlos
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Guedes-Pinto
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003743:Dental Enamel / Q000637:transplantation*; D003790:Dental Pulp Necrosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003801:Dental Veneers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000293:injuries*; D014015:Tissue Banks; D019228:Tooth Crown / Q000293:injuries; D014075:Tooth Discoloration / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D014082:Tooth Fractures / Q000628:therapy*; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000293:injuries*