An Interdisciplinary Treatment Approach for Congenitally Missing Teeth: A Case Report

The absence of teeth from birth, also known as congenitally missing teeth (CMT) or hypodontia, is quite common, and generally, treatment is expensive. Patients with missing teeth can have more than just a poor appearance. They might also experience malaligned teeth, gum damage, poor jawbone growth, trouble chewing, unclear speech, and other issues. Treatment is often expensive and involves multiple specialties. This common but costly issue is important to many dental specialties, including orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, prosthodontics, periodontics, maxillofacial surgery, anatomy, and even health insurance companies. The causes, skeletal changes, frequency, risk factors, occurrence patterns, and treatment options for CMT are explained in this case report. This indicates that CMT usually shows up in permanent dentition and in females. Whether it tends to occur more frequently in the mandible or maxilla, as well as in the anterior vs posterior portions, is a matter of debate. It can come with several issues; thus, professional teams should respond to it appropriately. The following study presents the interdisciplinary treatment plan of a 28-year-old female girl presenting with a missing mandibular left central incisor and right mandibular lateral incisor. The treatment plan is interdisciplinary and includes orthodontic treatment and prosthetic rehabilitation.