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1Department of Restorative Dentistry, Dental School, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Md., USA.
Abstract:
The restorative dentist will occasionally be confronted with complex treatment planning such as (1) tooth-to-arch dimensional discrepancies, (2) teeth tilted from the vertical midline, (3) teeth overlapped with root contact, (4) horizontal loss of arch dimension from retained deciduous teeth, (5) an impacted adult canine tooth, and (6) peg lateral incisors. Pretreatment diagnostic tooth positioning on replica casts, radiographs, pertinent clinical information, and strategic prosthodontic and orthodontic therapy can ensure predictable treatment. Orthodontic and restorative procedures for three patients with these described discrepancies are detailed to support the direction of treatment planning.
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