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Volume 33 , Issue 4
July/August 2013
Pages 527–532

Recreating an Esthetically and Functionally Acceptable Dentition: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Mukesh Kumar Goyal, BDS, MDS, FAGE/Shelly Goyal, BDS, MDS/Veena Hegde, BDS, MDS/Dhanasekar Balkrishana, BDS, MDS/Aparna I. Narayana, BDS, MDS

PMID: 23820713
DOI: 10.11607/prd.0381

Patients today demand a youthful, attractive smile with comfortable functional acceptance. The complete oral rehabilitation of patients with a functionally compromised dentition frequently involves a multidisciplinary approach and presents a considerable clinical challenge. To a great extent, proper patient selection and careful interdisciplinary treatment planning, including acknowledgment of the patient’s perceived needs, reasons for seeking services, financial ability, and socioeconomic profile, can govern the predictability of successful restorations. This clinical report describes a successful interdisciplinary approach for the management of a severely worn dentition with reduced vertical dimension of occlusion. Treatment modalities included periodontal crown lengthening procedures, endodontic treatment followed by post and core restorations, and prosthetic rehabilitation for severe tooth surface loss and reduced vertical dimension of occlusion comprising metal-ceramic restorations in esthetic zones and full-metal restorations in posterior regions. (Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent 2013;33:527–532. doi: 10.11607/prd.0381)

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