Aesthetic rehabilitation with strip crowns in Pediatric Dentistry: a case report

Abstract

Even with all the preventive measures used in pediatric dentistry, earlychildhood caries is a problem faced daily in pediatric dentistry, and mainlyaffects the vestibular surface of the anterior teeth in children younger than71 months.The present study reports a case of aesthetic-functional rehabilitation performedwith the help of laboratory-made strip crows and composite in a5-year-old patient affected by multiple lesions of early childhood caries.Composite resin restorations were performed on all upper anterior teethto restore aesthetics and function, offering a better quality of life for thechild and her family. The preparation of composite resin crowns with thehelp of strip crowns resulted in a shorter clinical time, a better aestheticresult and the restoration of the patient’s smile and self-esteem.