title: Paediatric aesthetic dentistry: a review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A number of conditions can lead to aesthetically unacceptable dentitions like dental caries, discoloration,  trauma, early loss of teeth, misalignment and any abnormality of shape and size. Today we have a large number of solutions  available for aesthetic problems in paediatric dentistry. But the biggest dilemma is: How to choose what is best for a particular  patient and that situation? Through this review we try to precisely highlight the various options for aesthetic restorations  along with their indications, advantages and disadvantages.
  
  
  METHODS
  A search and analysis of international works on  aesthetics in paediatric dentistry is presented.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A considerable number of studies have shown that people are  more concerned about missing anterior teeth and their replacement than about posterior ones as aesthetics seems to be  more important than function.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dental caries, although not life threatening, causes nagging pain and physical  as well as psychological discomfort. Nevertheless, it is clear that the condition is complex and multifactorial and hence it is  important to review the various approaches available to restore the lost aesthetics.
authors.affiliation: Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry Manipal College of Dental Sciences, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Malik
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003442:Crowns; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D017266:Dental Prosthesis; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D010377:Pediatric Dentistry; D014073:Tooth Bleaching
chemical_list: D003764:Dental Materials