Microabrasion plus resin infiltration in masking white spot lesions

A.B. Alrebdi, Y. Alyahya

Department of Conservative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Qassim University, Qassim, Saudi Arabia. Ab.alrebdi@qu.edu.sa

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• Dentistry

OBJECTIVE: Enamel opacities or white spot lesion is a result of enamel demineralization due to cariogenic activity or fluorosis, or enamel hypo-plastic/hypo-mineralized, which are an esthetic concern. A recent evidence base of dentistry has been focused on the Minimal Invasive Dental (MID) approach for treating such lesions. The aim of the study is to evaluate the esthetic improvement of white spots lesion using microabrasion and resin infiltration in upper permanent incisors, immediately and up to six months follow-up.

CASE DESCRIPTION: For the present case with enamel opacities, the minimal invasive therapy resin infiltration was chosen, preceded by microabrasion technique, to improve the teeth aesthetic appearance of the affected teeth.

An excellent improvement in 11 and 21 teeth esthetic. However, we still found good outcome in the enamel surfaces after six months follow-up, which became hard to detect, except in the near inspection. The patient was delighted with the well-defined enhancement in his esthetics smile and was mentioned no postoperative sensitivity immediately or in the recall evaluation.

CONCLUSIONS: The resin infiltration showed significant teeth esthetic improvement immediately and good follow-up outcome for six months, preceded by microabrasion. More high-quality and long-term clinical studies are needed to verify durability and factors that may affect treatment quality.

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