Publication: Milled Crown on Post Crack Tooth Syndrome as the Denture Abutment Tooth: A Case Report
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Date
2023
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Cureus, Inc.
Abstract
This clinical case describes using a milled crown on a cracked tooth as the abutment for a removable partial denture. A 63-year-old male patient diagnosed with lipoma undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy presented with symptomatic crack tooth syndrome on tooth 36 and partial edentulism. Conservative treatment using a molar band to extracoronally splint the tooth was conducted to determine the prognosis of the crack line. A lower partial cobalt-chromium denture was constructed by incorporating the milled crown of tooth 36 as the abutment. After six months of follow-up, there were no crack tooth symptoms, and regular review was adopted to monitor the tooth. The construction of a milled crown of a cracked tooth presented good and promising clinical outcomes in preserving tooth vitality and preventing crack propagation in partially dentate dentition for the long term.
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extracoronally splint, removable partial denture, abutment tooth, milled crown, crack tooth syndrome
Citation
Mahalil Amin S, Keat Hon J, Sabarudin M, et al. (May 23, 2023) Milled Crown on Post Crack Tooth Syndrome as the Denture Abutment Tooth: A Case Report. Cureus 15(5): e39380. DOI 10.7759/cureus.39380