Aesthetic recovery of the smile: a new integrated orthodontic-conservative method|Recupero estetico e funzionale del sorriso: un nuovo metodo ortodontico-conservativo integrato

OBJECTIVES The materials available today allow to rehabilitate, in a non-invasive way, teeth affected by serious imperfections. Often an orthodontic preparation is useful and, thanks to the use of clear aligners, is predictable and comfortable. A preliminary set-up offers to the clinician and patient an intuitive and understandable view of the expected final result. MATERIALS AND METHODS The new method proposed in the present work allows to integrate the set-up with the mokeup technique, simulating the aesthetic components of the planned restoration, in all details. RESULTS The clinical case presented, step by step, demonstrates the predictability and clinical reliability of the procedure. CONCLUSIONS The final clinical result coincides with the initial mock-up, demonstrating that the proposed method has proved to be predictable and reliable. The correct execution of the technique is rigorously customized and its success is operator-dependent. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE The visualization of the objectives of the treatment constitutes a decisive support for the clinician and provides the patient the possibility of benefiting from an immediate improvement by making it easier for him to accept a treatment plan that also includes an orthodontic phase, which potentially lengthens the treatment but makes the realization more conservative.