Esthetic Rehabilitation of a Patient With Severe Oligodontia

Abstract

SUMMARY Oligodontia, or the congenital absence of teeth, can occur in isolation or as part of a syndrome. This study describes a case of isolated oligodontia associated with conical teeth and large diastemas in the anterior region. The patient was treated using direct composite resin restorations. Recent improvements in adhesive restorative materials allow practitioners to offer this low-cost, conservative esthetic treatment, which has the advantage of preserving sound dental structures, to patients with missing teeth.

Elements of morphology: Standard terminology for the teeth and classifying genetic dental disorders

“…A peg shape appearance of a tooth occurs in lateral incisors only (Bot & Salmon, ). A peg‐shaped tooth is a microdont tooth and may occur isolated or associated with other dental anomalies, such as hypodontia and oligodontia (Reston et al, ; Tallon‐Walton et al, ); this should be assessed and coded separately.…”