Journal of Dental Rehabilitation and Applied Science  2017;33(2):163-168

doi:10.14368/jdras.2017.33.2.163

Conservative and esthetic closure of maxillary midline diastema without creating "black triangle" using direct resin composite.

Kyoung Hwa JUNG 1 ; Eun Young KWON ; Youn Kyung CHOI ; So Yeun KIM ; Hye Mi JEON ; Jeong Kil PARK

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Keywords

black triangle; diastema closure; direct composite restoration; emergence profile; gingival contouring

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Anterior diastemas are common esthetic problems. One of the challenges in clinical esthetic dentistry is closing anterior diastemas without creating “black triangles” between the teeth. The success of a restorative treatment in anterior teeth depends on the esthetic integration between soft tissues and hard tissues. This report describes the successfully accomplished diastema closure case by producing the emergence profile with natural contours at the gingival-tooth interface and then generating of gingival recontouring process.