An Innovative Approach for the Management of Complex Crown Fracture - A Case Report

A tooth can be broken due to many reasons, out of which deep cervical caries can be the one leading to destruction of the whole buccal surface of the tooth. So, to preserve such kind of tooth, root canal treatment is the ultimate treatment option followed by proper selection of the restorative means of such endodontically treated tooth. endodontically treated tooth (ETT) has loss of tooth structure and changes in physical characteristics. Therefore, proper selection of restoration for ETT is mandatory to maintain almost the same level of strength and regaining its functional abilities. The decision of doing restoration of endodontically treated teeth depends on many factors like the amount of tooth structure remaining, condition of the opposing tooth, etc. In cases of less than 50 % tooth structure remaining post and core followed by crown is the best treatment option. This article showcases a case report of treatment of anterior teeth with deep cervical caries. The posts used in these cases were fiber post which were luted and the core build up was done with ParaCore, which is a glassreinforced composite by Coltene. Deep cervical caries can lead to destruction of the whole buccal surface of the tooth. So, to preserve such kind of tooth, root canal treatment followed by proper selection of restoration for endodontically treated tooth is mandatory to maintain almost the same level of strength and to regain its functional abilities. This article showcases a case report of treatment of anterior teeth with deep cervical caries.