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The Use of Ovate Pontics in the Maxillary Anterior Esthetic Zone: A Clinical Report  

Choi, Mee-Ra (Department of Prosthodontics, College of Medicine, Hallym University)
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Journal of Dental Rehabilitation and Applied Science / v.25, no.1, 2009 , pp. 23-29 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
ovate pontic; esthetic; emergence profile;
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