[Interest of prosthodontic periodontal surgery in the success of anterior fixed prostheses].

Introduction: Periodontal prosthodontic surgery plays a major role in the integration of aesthetic and functional prosthetic restorations, including in the anterior area. Indeed, any dento-gingival disharmony of volume or shape must be corrected beforehand, thus justify a plastic periodontal surgery.

Observation: This is a 20-year-old patient, who consulted for essentially aesthetic motive: the restoration of the fracture 11. Clinical examination revealed the presence of a defective provisional prosthesis on 11, an unsightly filling composite resin on the 21, asymmetry of the gingival contour, as well as a low located upper labial brake. Juxta-bone decay of the lingual wall of the 11 was prominent on the retro-alveolar.

Discussion: To meet the growing aesthetic demand of the patient, a multidisciplinary care was considered: a gingivectomy has been carried out, in order to align the collar of the 11 with that of the 21, associated with a coronal elongation landscaping biological space on the lingual side of the 11. And to optimize the therapeutic outcome, a frenectomy of the upper labial brake was performed.