title: Interdisciplinary approach for improved esthetic results.
abstract: This clinical report describes an interdisciplinary (orthodontic, prosthodontics and operative dentist) approach for the coordinated treatment of an adult patient diagnosed with severely mutilated dentition secondary to caries lesion warranting restorative procedures that was facilitated with orthodontic treatment. The patient's specific esthetic expectation for the anterior teeth and improved smile were successfully met through planned treatment, including orthodontic tooth movement, restoration and porcelain conversion crowns. Such coordinated interdisciplinary evaluations and treatment are necessary for improved esthetics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Vivekananda Dental College for Women, Thiruchengode, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sriram
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Vivekananda Dental College for Women, Thiruchengode, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagalakshmi
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Vivekananda Dental College for Women, Thiruchengode, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Balachandar
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Vivekananda Dental College for Women, Thiruchengode, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Madhusudan
keywords: Canine substitution for lateral incisors; maxillary lateral incisor extraction; rown reshaping