Stone Hirsh Leslie, Greco Peter M, Laudenbach Jay B, Atlas Alan M
Clinical Assistant Professor of Restorative Dentistry, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Prosthodontist, Private Practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Clinical Professor, Co-Clinical Director, Department of Orthodontics, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Adjunct Instructor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Orthodontist, Private Practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Ardmore, Pennsylvania.
Compend Contin Educ Dent. 2017 Jan;38(1):29-35; quiz 36.
Dental fusion and agenesis present unique esthetic challenges for the dental team when discovered in a developing child. This article highlights treatment of a 9-year-old girl with fusion of a maxillary central and lateral incisor with a congenitally missing lateral over a 10-year period. The article defines the developmental anomalies, provides a review of treatment options for the clinical team, and highlights clinical management using a conservative, interdisciplinary approach to esthetic treatment.
