title: Intermediate rehabilitation with (non)-prep all-ceramic onlays in an adolescent patient with oligodontia--4-year follow-up.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Initial rehabilitation in juvenile patients with oligodontia is a major challenge for the dentist. Conventional permanent prosthetic and/or implantological treatment options alongside permanent natural teeth are contraindicated in growing patients, because their skeletal development is still in progress.
  
  
  METHODS
  A non-invasive temporary-fixed treatment option for an adolescent patient is presented by the use of adhesively cemented (non-prep) all-ceramic onlays of primary teeth. The outcome of treatment was monitored over a period of 4 years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Long-term preservation of persistent primary teeth may be a meaningful alternative to removable dentures in growing patients with oligodontia. Intermediate rehabilitation should cause no more than mild psychological stress for the patient and improve quality of life, especially when extensive orthodontic and/or implantological treatment is planned at the end of the patient's skeletal growth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Schüssl
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yvonne
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Petra C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Guess
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Britta A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Jung
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000848:Anodontia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002516:Ceramics; D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D013997:Time Factors; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous