A Geriatric Patient: Age Is Not a Factor

Objective. A patient presented to the dental office expressing dissatisfaction with the appearance of his teeth, and as a result, of his smile. Our objective was to satisfy his initial chief complaint: “I don't like how my teeth look when I smile.” Methodology. Upon completing all initial exams...

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Autores principales: Klodnitskaya, Lisa, Harutunian, Michele M., Mareque Buenos, Santiago, Estafan, Denise, Wolff, Mark S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3133011/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21754930
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/183471
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author Klodnitskaya, Lisa
Harutunian, Michele M.
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Estafan, Denise
Wolff, Mark S.
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description Objective. A patient presented to the dental office expressing dissatisfaction with the appearance of his teeth, and as a result, of his smile. Our objective was to satisfy his initial chief complaint: “I don't like how my teeth look when I smile.” Methodology. Upon completing all initial exams and consultations, an esthetic dental treatment plan was formulated and agreed upon by both the practitioners and the patient. Results. The patient received periodontal treatment first to create esthetic gingival margins. Anterior ceramic crowns followed. Conclusion. The results surpassed all patient's expectations.
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spelling pubmed-31330112011-07-13 A Geriatric Patient: Age Is Not a Factor Klodnitskaya, Lisa Harutunian, Michele M. Mareque Buenos, Santiago Estafan, Denise Wolff, Mark S. Int J Dent Case Report Objective. A patient presented to the dental office expressing dissatisfaction with the appearance of his teeth, and as a result, of his smile. Our objective was to satisfy his initial chief complaint: “I don't like how my teeth look when I smile.” Methodology. Upon completing all initial exams and consultations, an esthetic dental treatment plan was formulated and agreed upon by both the practitioners and the patient. Results. The patient received periodontal treatment first to create esthetic gingival margins. Anterior ceramic crowns followed. Conclusion. The results surpassed all patient's expectations. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-07-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3133011/ /pubmed/21754930 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/183471 Text en Copyright © 2011 Lisa Klodnitskaya et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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