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A 55-year-old lady has history of chronic periodontitis.  To stabilize the lower loose teeth, crown at #19-21 and #28-30 are splinted in her home country.  She wants to restore the missing teeth #2-5 and #12-14.  It appears that some of the splinted crowns are fabricated too high (Fig.1,2 *).  Before restoring the missing dentition, these crowns need to be adjusted (in lab repositioned: Fig.3,4 (arrowheads)).  In fact, trimming does not produce enough clearance for immediate provisionals.  Surgical and restorative stents are made (Fig.5,6).

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 10/04/2015, last revision 10/08/2015