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Diastema closure using direct bonding restorations combined with orthodontic treatment: a case report

  • Hwang, Soon-Kong;Ha, Jung-Hong;Jin, Myoung-Uk;Kim, Sung-Kyo;Kim, Young-Kyung
    • Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.165-169
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    • 2012
  • Closure of interdental spaces using proximal build-ups with resin composite is considered to be practical and conservative. However, a comprehensive approach combining two or more treatment modalities may be needed to improve esthetics. This case report describes the management of a patient with multiple diastemas, a peg-shaped lateral incisor and midline deviation in the maxillary anterior area. Direct resin bonding along with orthodontic movement of teeth allows space closure and midline correction, consequently, creating a better esthetic result.

Conservative and esthetic closure of maxillary midline diastema without creating "black triangle" using direct resin composite (Black triangle이 존재하지 않는 보존적이고 심미적인 상악 정중이개의 치료)

  • Jung, Kyoung-Hwa;Kwon, Eun-Young;Choi, Youn-Kyung;Kim, So-Yeun;Jeon, Hye-Mi;Park, Jeong-Kil
    • Journal of Dental Rehabilitation and Applied Science
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.163-168
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    • 2017
  • Anterior diastemas are common esthetic problems. One of the challenges in clinical esthetic dentistry is closing anterior diastemas without creating "black triangles" between the teeth. The success of a restorative treatment in anterior teeth depends on the esthetic integration between soft tissues and hard tissues. This report describes the successfully accomplished diastema closure case by producing the emergence profile with natural contours at the gingival-tooth interface and then generating of gingival recontouring process.