crown lengthening

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crown lengthening

(krown lenth'en-ing),

A surgical procedure wherein soft tissue and possibly alveolar bone are removed from around a tooth to increase the length of the clinical crown.

crown lengthening

A dental procedure, often performed by a periodontist, in which the gingiva and/or bone surrounding a tooth are removed to expose enough of the base of the tooth to support a filling or a crown.

crown leng·then·ing

(krown lengthĕn-ing)

Surgical procedure that apically repositions the gingiva and possibly the alveolar bone so as to expose more tooth structure; may be done to facilitate restorative procedures or enhance aesthetics.

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Surgical crown lengthening: evaluation of the biological width.

Crown lengthening: The periodontal--restorative connection.

Variaciones del margen gingival despues de alargamiento de corona clinica: reporte a 6 meses

Caption: Figure 15: Temporary restorations numbers 13-23 in situ 1 month after crown lengthening on numbers 12, 11, and 21.

Restorative Management of Severe Localized Tooth Wear Using a Supraoccluding Appliance: A 5-Year Follow-Up

Aesthetic crown lengthening. Periodontol 2000 2001; 27:45-58.

Alargamiento coronal preprotesico: un procedimiento estetico y funcional. Reporte de un caso

Reis et al., "Open-flap versus flapless esthetic crown lengthening: 12-month clinical outcomes of a randomized controlled clinical trial," Journal of Periodontology, vol.

Joly, "Aesthetic crown lengthening: a flapless, new approach," Revista da Associacao Paulista de Cirurgioes Dentistas, vol.

Periodontics, Implantology, and Prosthodontics Integrated: The Zenith-Driven Rehabilitation

To select the proper treatment approach for crown lengthening, an analysis of the individual case with regard to crown-root alveolar bone relationships should also be included.

Biologic width--the no encroachment zone

Figures 7a and 7b: Mandibular occlusal and lateral views showing gross destruction of coronal tooth structure of mandibular molar and premolar respectively requiring surgical crown lengthening, resulting in an increased CRR, before the institution of restorative therapy.

Validity of crown-to-root ratio as a prognostic tool in clinical practice

Surgical crown lengthening may include the removal of soft tissue or both soft tissue and alveolar bone.

Full mouth rehabilitation

However these procedures are more cumbersome than surgical crown lengthening because of the necessity of a surgical and retention phase of clinical crown lengthening after orthodontic forced eruption, need for several session of fibrotomy to prevent the periodontal tissue from being pulled coronally together with the orthodontically moving root and relapse tendency.

Atraumatic surgical extrusion of complete crown fractured tooth using periotome in esthetic zone: report of three cases

After root canal treatment we extracted the tooth, clean the socket and reimplanted tooth again, but due to very low crown root ratio we adjusted the crown length during reimplantation to prevention of crown lengthening or force eruption afterwards.

Use the reimplanted tooth as abutment for fixed partial denture

Then filled % of the socket with hydroxyapatite that we prepared before and inserted the tooth inside the socket and adjusted the tooth up to the ideal length, it will prevent the crown lengthening in a crownless tooth.