Case Report
Year: 2020 | Month: March | Volume: 7 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 507-511
Aesthetic Management of Immediate Anterior Tooth Replacement with Ovate Pontic: A Case Report
Reeta Yadav1, Monalisha Das1, Niharika Reddy1, G. Ajay Kumar2
1Post-graduate Student, 2Head of Department,
Department Of Prosthodontics, Army College of Dental Sciences, Secunderabad, Telangana, India
Corresponding Author: Reeta Yadav
ABSTRACT
Introduction: An immediate tooth replacement using ovate pontic not only eliminates the psychologically disturbing partially edentulous phase but also results in a much more aesthetically pleasing replacement of tooth that is both hygienic and natural in appearance.
Case Presentation: This article presents a case of 28 year old male reported to the department of prosthodontics with fractured central incisor. Ovate pontic was considered as the best treatment option. After atraumatic extraction of central incisor, soft tissue was conditioned with provisional restoration followed by final prosthesis.
Discussion: This treatment method benefitted a patient in whom fractured anterior teeth were proposed for extraction and who have high aesthetic demand for a maxillary anterior bridge because it can achieve the most aesthetic and natural appearances of the gingiva and final restorations. This case demonstrated the important clinical and laboratory procedure involved in the fabrication of ovate pontic for an anterior bridge.
Keywords: Ovate pontic, emergence profile, aesthetic, interdental papilla, provisional restoration
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