García-Valle P. Márquez-Preciado R, Goldaracena-Azuara MP, Ruiz-Rodríguez MS, Pozos-Guillén AJ, Garrocho-Rangel JA

Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 245-249
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ABSTRACT

One of the most common challenges for the pediatric dentist is to achieve the right pulp treatment and restoration of severely decayed primary anterior teeth in pre-school children, for example in cases of caries in early infancy. The primary aim of the pedodontic approach in this context is to provide conservative rehabilitative management as an alternative to the extraction of the affected teeth.
The purpose of the present case report is to describe the pulpar and restorative treatment given to a female patient aged 3 years 2 months old. The patient's six primary anterior teeth were the support for a fixed metal-porcelain prosthesis used during a period of approximately one year; the prosthesis exhibited poor adaptation and caused carious destruction and severe gingival inflammation in the area.

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