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Initial situation: The upper right central incisor is crowned and displays triangular shape.
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The intraoral examination showed that the crowned tooth exhibited triangular shape, while the contralateral one was oval (Figure 3). Both edges were not aligned: the one of the left central incisor was irregular (Figure 3).
After the cementation of the metallic post and core.
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The loss of dental tissue was very important, and the abutment did not have enough walls to provide an adequate ferrule effect (Figure 4).
After the crown removal: dental tissue loss was subtotal and margins were deep.
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Once the informed consent to the treatment was obtained, it was carefully placed (Figure 5).
The checking of zirconia framework.
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The framework was checked, intraorally (Figure 6), and the space left for ceramic was validated (Figure 6).
The intra oral checking of the crown after ceramic stratification showing inappropriate mesial line angle (a) from the frontal view and (b) from the lateral view.
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As the patient was anxious about her teeth, the incisal edge of left central incisor was just regularized (Figures 7 and 8).
The shape improvement after line angle displacement.
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As the patient was anxious about her teeth, the incisal edge of left central incisor was just regularized (Figures 7 and 8).
Final outcome showing unnoticed rehabilitation.
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After glazing, the esthetic outcome was pleasant and the patient was satisfied (Figure 9).