Journal of Dental Rehabilitation and Applied Science (구강회복응용과학지)

Korean Academy of Stomatognathic Function and Occlusion (대한턱관절교합학회)
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The Use of Ovate Pontics in the Maxillary Anterior Esthetic Zone: A Clinical Report

Ovate Pontic을 이용한 상악 전치부 심미수복

  • Choi, Mee-Ra (Department of Prosthodontics, College of Medicine, Hallym University)
  • 최미라 (한림대학교 의과대학 강동성심병원 치과보철과)
  • Received : 2009.01.18
  • Accepted : 2009.03.25
  • Published : 2009.03.31
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Abstract

The ovate pontic was first described by Dewey and Zugsmith in 1933, but used clinically as a clinical alternative for esthetics in the late 1990s. The ovate pontic has been suggested as a more accurate duplication of emergence profile for natural teeth to provide an esthetic, cleanable prosthesis. If the resin temporary prosthesis with the ovate pontic is used during the healing period after the tooth extraction, it is possible to preserve the interdental papilla and eliminate or minimize the black triangle between the teeth. Ultimately it can become a esthetic final restoration without saliva leakage and phonetic discomfort. In this case we tried to treat the maxillary anterior area by the use of the ovate pontic and minimize the loss of the interdental papilla via duplicate the emergence profile of the natural tooth.

1933년 Dewey와 Zugsmith가 처음 ovate pontic을 소개한 이후 1990년대 말부터 임상적으로 널리 사용되고 있다. Ovate pontic은 심미적이고 위생적인 자연치의 emergence profile을 더 정교하게 재현할 수 있는 방법으로 알려져 있다. 특히, 상악 전치부가 상실된 경우 발치 시기부터 ovate pontic의 형태를 가진 레진 임시수복물을 제작해 줌으로서 치간유두를 보존시켜 치간공극의 발생을 최소화하여 심미적이고 발음의 이상이 없는 최종보철물을 제작할 수 있다. 본 증례에서는 치아상실부위에서 치간유두의 상실을 최소화하고 자연치와 유사한 emergence profile을 지닌 보철물을 제작하기위해 ovate pontic을 이용하여 처치한 치험예를 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하고자 한다.

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