Dr. Max-Richard Seidemann, Germany
A 77 year-old patient approached our dental practice with a request for esthetic and functional rehabilitation of the maxillary anterior region. Aside from well-controlled hypertension and daily intake of ASS100, a review of his general medical history did not show any other abnormalities.
The initial intraoral examination found significant tooth substance defects in the maxillary anterior region as well as carious lesions in inadequately restored teeth 12-22. Furthermore, teeth 12,21 and 22 were found to have a mobility grade of one. Besides horizontal bone resorption, X-ray imaging found no further abnormalities…