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Natural Tooth Pontic: Instant Esthetic Yet Temporary Functional Solution to Solitary Missing Tooth:A Case Series


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1 Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Khandagiri Square, Bhubaneswar Odisha, India
     

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Loss of a tooth in the anterior esthetic region hampers patient’ esthetics and function along with jeopardizing the social life. Among the available options to replace the missing tooth, utilizing the patient’s own natural tooth as a pontic comes as an instant esthetic yet temporary functional solution. A case series of two cases is presented in which the natural tooth was successfully used as a pontic for the management of single missing tooth in the maxillary and mandibular arches.

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Natural Tooth Pontic, Anterior Esthetic Region, Resin-Reinforced Fibre Splint, Single Missing Tooth.
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Authors

Anurag Satpathy
Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Khandagiri Square, Bhubaneswar Odisha, India
Rajdeep Beura
Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Khandagiri Square, Bhubaneswar Odisha, India
Sheetal Acharya
Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Khandagiri Square, Bhubaneswar Odisha, India
Pratiti Datta
Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Khandagiri Square, Bhubaneswar Odisha, India
Akshyata Panda
Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Khandagiri Square, Bhubaneswar Odisha, India

Abstract


Loss of a tooth in the anterior esthetic region hampers patient’ esthetics and function along with jeopardizing the social life. Among the available options to replace the missing tooth, utilizing the patient’s own natural tooth as a pontic comes as an instant esthetic yet temporary functional solution. A case series of two cases is presented in which the natural tooth was successfully used as a pontic for the management of single missing tooth in the maxillary and mandibular arches.

Keywords


Natural Tooth Pontic, Anterior Esthetic Region, Resin-Reinforced Fibre Splint, Single Missing Tooth.