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Anurag Satpathy ¹, Rajdeep Beura ¹, Sheetal Acharya ¹, Pratiti Datta ¹, Akshyata Panda ¹

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

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.

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