Milled Crown on Post Crack Tooth Syndrome as the Denture Abutment Tooth: A Case Report.

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.

• Authors: Sarah Sabrina Mahalil Amin, John Chong Keat Hon, Muhammad Annurdin Sabarudin, Wan Nor Syariza Wan Ali, Nusima Mohamed
• Journal: Cureus (Cureus) Vol. 15 Issue 5 Pg. e39380 (May 2023) ISSN: 2168-8184 [Print] United States
• PMID: 37362455 (Publication Type: Case Reports)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2023, Mahalil Amin et al.