Abstract

BISPO, Carina Gisele Costa et al. Immediate provisional esthetics in the elderly patient. Odontol. Clín.-Cient. (Online) [online]. 2010, vol.9, n.4, pp. 381-384. ISSN 1677-3888.

Despite the rise of life expectance and the in version of population pyramids that has been occurring in many countries for the last decades it is possible to predict a rise of the elderly in dental offices. Modern society increasingly searches for ideal esthetics , this also reflects in dentistry, where the improvement of materials and techniques has increased available options to provide a harmonious smile. It is comprehensible that the elderly also c are about esthetics. So, dentists must find esthetic solutions for them. The objective of this case report is to show an alternative for immediate esthetic recuperation of the smile in an elderly patient.

Keywords : esthetic; partial removable prosthesis; geriatric dentistry.