Smile Reconstruction for the Preschoolers Using GRASCE Appliance – Two Case Reports
Published: August 1, 2016 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2016/19817.8251
A.K. Shanmugaavel, Deepa Gurunathan, Lavanya Sundararajan
1. Senior Lecturer, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
2. Reader, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
3. Postgraduate Student, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
Correspondence
Dr. A.K.Shanmugaavel,
Senior Lecturer, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals,
Chennai, Tamilnadu-600095, India.
E-mail: dentistshan@gmail.com
Preschoolers with early childhood caries or extensive dental trauma may suffer from abnormal social interaction with their peers. Dentists face great challenges in the aesthetic rehabilitation of these young children. As the parental desire towards aesthetics is gaining more importance there is need for an anterior aesthetic appliance which may be used to replace these lost teeth. These case reports highlight a specific design which can be used successfully in day to day clinical practice.
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