Fractured Tooth Restored in 2 Hours: A Real Case
A front tooth fractured at the root can, in select cases, be treated the same day using guided implant placement, the socket shield technique, and a digitally milled provisional crown. The case below was completed in two hours, from fracture to a finished, matching crown. Dr. Inamdar's Dental Studio, a dental clinic in Mumbai built around a fully digital, in-house workflow, which is what allowed this case to move from diagnosis to a finished restoration within the same visit, rather than across several appointments spread over weeks. The Case The patient had received a root canal and a metal-free crown on a front tooth roughly ten years earlier. A sudden fall fractured that same tooth at the crown margin. The crown itself stayed intact, and the patient repositioned it temporarily to avoid an open gap in the smile before reaching the clinic. On examination, the root beneath the old crown had fractured in a way that made the natural tooth unsalvageable. An implant, placed the same...