Diastema closure with direct composite restoration-Case report

Diastema closure with direct composite: architectural gingival contouring

Anterior diastema may compromise the harmony of a patient’s smile. Among the suggested options for diastema closure such as orthodontics, restorative dentistry, and prosthodontics, it is appreciable that restorative approach is the simplest, fastest, most predictable, and lowest solution. But, handling composite freehand requires skillful practice and it may be considered as a disadvantage to s...

Midline Diastema Closure with Partial Laminate Veneers: A Case Report

Progress in adhesive technologies has made possible to perform more conservative restoration techniques. Bonded porcelain veneers have been widely used to address aesthetic dental problems for more than 3 decades1,2. Aesthetic parameter plays an important role when deciding the treatment choice of a patient with diastema. Development of the adhesive materials allows the dentist to construct mor...

Diastema closure using direct bonding restorations combined with orthodontic treatment: a case report

Closure of interdental spaces using proximal build-ups with resin composite is considered to be practical and conservative. However, a comprehensive approach combining two or more treatment modalities may be needed to improve esthetics. This case report describes the management of a patient with multiple diastemas, a peg-shaped lateral incisor and midline deviation in the maxillary anterior are...

Direct Midline Diastema Closure with Composite Layering Technique: A One-Year Follow-Up

Objective. Maxillary anterior spacing is a common aesthetic complaint of patients. Midline diastema has a multifactorial etiology such as labial frenulum, microdontia, mesiodens, peg-shaped lateral incisors, agenesis, cysts, habits such as finger sucking, tongue thrusting, or lip sucking, dental malformations, genetics, proclinations, dental-skeletal discrepancies, and imperfect coalescence of ...

Diastema closure with freehand composite: controlling emergence contour.