1Director Principal/Professor and Head, Department of Prosthodontics, Seema Dental College & Hospital, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
2Professor and Head, Department of Periodontics and Implantology, Seema Dental College & Hospital, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
3Reader, Department of Prosthodontics, Seema Dental College & Hospital, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
4Postgraduate Student, Department of Periodontics and Implantology, Seema Dental College & Hospital, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
Tooth loss in the anterior region is for most of the patients a deeply traumatic experience as they have to compromise with their aesthetics. Natural tooth pontic is the most simplest and cost effective treatment modality for the replacement of a periodontally involved tooth using a patient's own natural coronal portion. It can be considered a hygienic, non-invasive and long-term provisional treatment, providing superior aesthetics and functions. Besides having these many advantages an added advantage to it is that, it is a chairside technique without any time consuming laboratory procedures. This case report details the case selection, procedure with follow-up of a case where the natural extracted tooth of the patient was used as a pontic to replace a missing anterior tooth. This was done using a ligature wire and a composite with added benefit of periodontal stabilization.
Natural tooth pontic, splinting, tooth mobility
