Resumo

PERDOMO MARCILLI, Xiomara et al. Rehabilitation of aesthetics and function after prosthetic and endodonthic treatment . Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2006, vol.43, n.4, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-297X.

The case of a 49-year-old male worker that received attention at the Conservative Treatment Department of the Provincial Dental Clinic of Santiago de Cuba for presenting longitudinal fracture of the crown of the llth tooth that affected his aesthetics as a result of a traumatic occlusion was reported. Atypical pattern of occlusal wear in anterosuperior tooth, hypertonicity of the masticatory muscles, periapical abscess in the llth tooth, cross-bite at the level of the 43rd tooth, and absence of various posterior, superior and inferior teeth, were among the clinical and radiological signs found. The conduct followed was the pulporadicular treatment of the llth tooth, further reconstruction of its crown with photopolymerizable resin and prosthetic rehabilitation.

Palavras-chave : traumatic occlusion; rehabilitation..