JOURNAL OF PROSTHETIC DENTISTRY THE

Vol. 100 No. 5      NOVEMBER - 2008

ISSN: 0022-3913      UBIC: 171

RESUMEN

It is often difficult to satisfactorily restore the esthetics of patients' teeth if commercially available artificial acrylic or composite resin anterior teeth are used. A technique for fabrication of an individual set of composite resin teeth for an edentulous patient is described in this clinical report. A diagnostic cast, made before extraction of the original anterior teeth and kept by the patient for over 10 years, was duplicated with a silicone matrix. This technique results in an esthetic match of shape, size, and positioning of the teeth. It also enables the teeth of the prosthesis to be closer to the appearance of the patient's natural teeth than is achievable with pre manufactured artificial teeth. (J Prosthet Dent 2008; 100:333-337)

SUMMARY

This clinical report describes a technique for fabrication of an individual set of artificial anterior teeth for an edentulous patient by duplicating the original anterior teeth preserved in a stone cast. The anterior teeth of the cast were duplicated with composite resin dentin material, cut back, individually developed with composite resin in shades of opaque dentin and enamel, and characterized with intense shades. This provided an esthetic result and enabled a restoration which closely resembled the original appearance of the teeth. This technique is only possible if the patient is dentate in the anterior region before treatment or has a diagnostic cast of the former anterior teeth.

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