title: Closure of diastema and gingival recontouring using direct adhesive restorations: a case report.
abstract: One of the challenges in clinical esthetic dentistry is closing anterior diastemas without creating "black triangles" between the teeth. The success of a restorative treatment in anterior teeth depends on the esthetic integration between soft tissues and hard tissues. The conditioning of the interdental papilla is a simple, direct, predictable, and low-cost alternative. This paper reports a case on diastema closure in anterior teeth that was successfully treated using gingival recontouring and composite resin restorations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The closure of diastemas in anterior teeth using direct adhesive restorations and gingival recontouring is a viable option for the clinician because it restores esthetic harmony between soft and hard tissues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Operative Dentistry, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil. clinicaaraujo@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Edson Medeiros
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: De Araujo
authors.forename: Saulo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fortkamp
authors.forename: Luiz Narciso
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Baratieri
mesh_terms: D003188:Composite Resins; D001840:Dental Bonding; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000379:methods*; D003970:Diastema / Q000628:therapy*; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005260:Female; D005881:Gingiva / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D009903:Optical Illusions; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D003188:Composite Resins