An ideal emergence profile is vital for maintaining gingival health and developing esthetics. The ovate pontic which mimics a natural tooth gives the most appropriate emergence profile. For a successful ovate pontic restoration, an alveolar ridge of sufficient height and width is necessary to enhance the deficient ridge and to achieve an esthetic emergence profile. Interpositional graft was car...

Rehabilitation of the completely edentulous patient can present a complex treatment modality in order to fulfill the needs and desires of the patient to deliver esthetic and functional prostheses. Treatment planning and sequencing for such rehabilitation often requires a multidisciplinary approach to include restorative and surgical expertise. This clinical report will present an innovative sur...

Background and Aim: The proportion of smile is a useful tool for creating geometric smiles which are a critical aspect in esthetic dentistry. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of lip line position on acceptable Recurring Esthetic Dental (RED) proportion among lay people. Materials and Methods: A photograph of pose smile of a young female was taken. The position of the lip was c...

Implant placement and tooth restoration in the maxillary esthetic zone is challenging. In the case reported here, the treatment site was tooth # 8, which had been extracted one year previously. Available bone in three dimensions was evaluated by computerized tomography. The bucco-lingual bone width at the crest was 3 mm to 4 mm wide, an inadequate width for implant placement. Ridge expansion wa...