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Volume 2 Issue 4 (October- December, 2014)

Case Reports

ESTHETIC MANAGEMENT OF WHITE SPOT LESIONS - A MINIMALLY INVASIVE APPROACH
Renita Soares, Ida de Noronha de Ataide, Marina Fernandes, Rajan Lambor

The teeth are an integral part of facial aesthetics. White spots on the facial surfaces of anterior teeth can present an unsightly appearance. Esthetic and conservative management of such lesions can be clinically challenging. Since minimally invasive dentistry is the need of the hour, the less invasive forms of operative intervention are being recommended. These case reports describe a minimally invasive technique to treat hypomineralised white spot lesions. The first case involves a combined approach of air microabrasion followed by resin infiltration with low viscosity light-curing monomers. While the second case highlights a combined technique of macroabrasion and composite resin restoration carried out to treat the extensive nature of the white spot. The proposed techniques might serve as an alternative to chemical microabrasion which is inefficient in eliminating white spots completely.
Key words: hypomineralization, microabrasion, resin infiltration, white spot lesions.

 

 
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