Human enamel veneer restoration: an alternative technique to restore anterior primary teeth.
Restoration of severely decayed primary teeth is a clinical challenge in Pediatric Dentistry. Among the restorative treatment options, the use of prefabricated crowns and resin composite restorations, either by means of direct or indirect techniques is mentioned in the literature. The purpose of this article is to describe the rehabilitation of primary anterior teeth in a 5-year-old patient. Dental treatment consisted on an anterior space maintainer prosthesis made with natural primary teeth, plus human dental enamel veneer (facet) restorations. The advantages of this technique are better esthetics and the natural enamel has physiologic wear and offers superficial smoothness and cervical adaptation compatible with those of the surrounding teeth.
Oliveira
Luciana Butini
LB
Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. lubutini@usp.br
Tamay
Tereza Keiko
TK
Oliveira
Marta Dutra Machado
MD
Rodrigues
Célia Martins Delgado
CM
Wanderley
Marcia Turolla
MT
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000628:therapy; D003743:Dental Enamel; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design / Q000379:methods*; D003801:Dental Veneers; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor; D013027:Space Maintenance, Orthodontic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous