IMMEDIATE AESTHETIC REHABILITATION OF A FRACTURED ANTERIOR TOOTH BY USING THE NATURAL TOOTH AS A PONTIC: AN INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUE

Sudden tooth loss in the esthetic zone of maxillary or mandibular anterior region can be due to dental trauma, endodontic failure, extensive root resorption, advanced periodontal disease. The treatment options for replacing missing vary between removable temporary acrylic prosthesis, Resin-bonded bridges, Traditional metal, and ceramic fixed partial denture, implant-supported prosthesis. Irrespective final treatment, first line management would provisionally restore patients appearance at earliest, while functionally stabilizing compromised arch. Using own natural as a pontic offers benefits being right size, shape, color provides exact repositioning its original intraoral three-dimensional position. abutment teeth also preserved with minimal no preparation, thus keeping technique reversible, completed chairside thereby avoiding laboratory costs.