TREATMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD CARIES IN PRIMARY FRONTAL TEETH – CASE REPORT

Abstract

Early childhood caries is the most frequent pathology of primary teeth, which rapidly evolves to pulp involvement and massive destruction of the tooth that often lead to extraction. This case report describes a morpho-functional restoration of frontal teeth using celluloid strip crowns and polymerizable glass ionomer cement. One of the main advantages of this non-traumatic treatment was the elimination of cavity preparations.

Keywords

• primary teeth
• early childhood caries
• coronal restoration