Case Study 57 – Short Tooth

Treatment was with braces in the Damon System customized with Insignia. Her treatment was to address crowding of her teeth. Total treatment time was about 15 months with braces and elastics but was without removal of any teeth and was without a palatal expander. Using Insignia, we were able to determine prior to starting her treatment that her upper left front tooth was actually shorter than her upper right front tooth due to wear that had occurred with where her teeth had been positioned. She was given the choice of either (1) lengthening the upper left from tooth or (2) making the biting edges match. She chose the first option of having her upper left front tooth lengthened with a composite restoration because the upper left front tooth would have looked short in her smile relative to the neighboring teeth if she had left it as it was.

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