Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 11

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

  • Author:
  • Anurag Satpathy1,, Rajdeep Beura2, Sheetal Acharya2, Pratiti Datta2, Akshyata Panda2
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 912 to 916

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

2Post Graduate Trainee, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Khandagiri Square, Bhubaneswar Odisha, India

*Corresponding Author: Prof. Anurag Satpathy Professor, Department of Periodontics and Oral Implantology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O ’Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Khandagiri Square, Bhubaneswar-751030, Odisha, India, e-mail: drasatpathy@gmail.com

Online published on 27 March, 2020.

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