Aesthetic restoration of a peg-shaped lateral tooth with a single session strip crown: A case report

Introduction: Peg-shaped

lateral incisors, which cause aesthetic

disorders and diastema in the anterior teeth, exhibit a

smaller and shorter clinical crown appearance than usual. For

this reason, the treatment should be in the form of restoration

of narrowed crown sizes and closure of diastemas. In this

case report, it was aimed to explain the aesthetic restoration

of the peg-shaped

lateral tooth with a strip crown.

Case Report: A 14-year-

old

girl reported to our clinic with a

complaint related to deformity of the maxillary lateral tooth.

Clinical and radiological assessments showed that Maxillary

lateral incisor is peg shaped with healthy peridontium and no

caries were detected. The patient’s tooth was restored with

composite resin using a single session strip crown.

Discussion: Dental anomalies; due to problems with teeth,

cavities and alignment that have an unnatural appearance,

usually cause significant aesthetic problems. In the process of

giving aesthetic appearance to healthy teeth that exhibit disfigurement,

especially minimally invasive techniques should

be used.

Conclusion: In solving aesthetic problems caused by dental

anomalies in young patients, strip crowns may be preferred

due to the fact that they receive immediate aesthetic results

and their cost is low.