Bonded splint in place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAfter determining that the teeth could be saved, we planned to splint the looser teeth together to the stronger remaining lower front teeth. The splint needed to be plaque-resistant and easily cleaned, in order to be successful long-term, so we planned for a gold lingual (tongue-side) bar retainer.<\/p>\n
With no anesthetic needed, we very conservatively prepared a small shelf across the inside of the lower front teeth, and later cemented a gold-alloy retainer that custom fit the nooks and crannies across that row of teeth.\u00a0 The case is now 7 years in service, and the patient is still biting comfortably on her damaged teeth!<\/p>\n
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This lovely 90-year-old patient has kept most of her teeth her whole life. She flosses twice daily and uses fluoride every night! One day at a luncheon with friends, she accidentally bit a salad fork, and felt two of her lower front teeth become rather loose and painful to the touch. After determining that the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[35,37,50,51,52,54,55,57,59,74,75,91,103,119,123,124,135,220],"class_list":["post-173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-and-preventive-dentistry","tag-aesthetic-cosmetic-dentistry","tag-aesthetic-harmony","tag-atlanta-aesthetic-dentist","tag-atlanta-buckhead-dentist","tag-atlanta-comprehensive-dentist","tag-atlanta-esthetic-dentist","tag-atlanta-general-dentist","tag-atlanta-pankey-dentist","tag-atlanta-tmj-dentist","tag-bonded-splint","tag-braces","tag-conservative-dentistry","tag-dds","tag-dr-caughey","tag-elizabeth-d-caughey","tag-enamel","tag-general-dentistry","tag-resin-bonding"],"gutentor_comment":0,"yoast_head":"\n
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