Oral rehabilitation of amelogenesis imperfecta by complete overdentures: Case Report

Our aim is to present oral rehabilitaton of a 17 year- old female amelogenesis imperfecta patient by using complete overdentures before dental implant therapy. Because of continuing bone growth we decided to wait for implants and during this period we made a decision to make an overdenture prosthesis for patient’s function and aesthetics. Due to her root canal anatomy, inadequate root canal treatments did not enable post-core restorations. Therefore, we had to prepare remaining teeth (14,15,23,24,25,27, 32,33,34,35,42,43,47) for cast copings by removing only the filling material in pulp chambers . Cobalt-chromium frameworks were fabricated over cast copings. Finally, complete overdentures were accomplished by conventional techniques. In this case we rehabilitated the patient by providing an appropriate vertical dimension and maxillomandibular relationship using overdentures because of her incomplete bone growth.