title: Multidisciplinary and esthetic approach to clinical crown lengthening: report of a case.
abstract: This paper describes the combined efforts of an orthodontist, periodontist, and a restorative dentist to save an unrestorable tooth by clinical crown lengthening. A maxillary lateral incisor, originally treatment planned for extraction, was treated with orthodontic extrusion, circumferential fiberotomy, and metal-ceramic crown restoration. To maximize the esthetic appearance of the tooth during orthodontic treatment, an acrylic resin facing was designed together with the orthodontic appliance used to facilitate vertical extrusion. Clinical crown lengthening may be used as an alternative approach to the treatment of severely broken down anterior teeth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Ohio State University, College of Dentistry, 305 West 12th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ngan
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Knobloch
mesh_terms: D016556:Crown Lengthening / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D003442:Crowns; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D003801:Dental Veneers; D003814:Dentistry, Operative; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000473:pathology; D008437:Maxilla; D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys / Q000737:chemistry; D008875:Middle Aged; D016382:Orthodontic Appliance Design; D009970:Orthodontics; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010517:Periodontics; D011176:Post and Core Technique / Q000295:instrumentation
chemical_list: D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys