Multidisciplinary approach to the immediate esthetic repair and long-term treatment of an oblique crown–root fracture

Villat, C.
Machtou, P.
Naulin-Ifi, C.

¹Department of conservative dentistry and endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University Claude-Bernard Lyon I, Lyon
²Department of conservative dentistry and endodontics, University Denis-Diderot Paris VII, Paris, France
³Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University Denis-Diderot Paris VII, Paris, France

Dr Chantal Naulin-Ifi, 62 rue Saint-Didier, 75116 Paris, France.

Prosthodontic treatment: Drs Yves Sitbon and Anne-Estelle Bregeon.

Accepted 20 March, 2003

Dental Traumatology 20(1):p 56-60, February 2004.

This case report describes the esthetic management of a dental trauma at the first visit and its subsequent treatments to restore the esthetics and function. Today, patients expect adequate esthetics and the ability to confidently smile immediately after the first appointment. In addition, they require that esthetics is maintained throughout the definitive treatment phase as well. After the use of the fractured crown as a temporary replacement crown, an orthodontic extrusion was undertaken to restore the physiological periodontal attachment. The tooth was then splinted for 6 months and at completion of this orthodontic stage, the permanent restoration was fabricated.