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ArticleCureus2025

A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Managing Anterior Aesthetics: Crown Lengthening/Digital Smile Design (DSD)/Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAD/CAM).

Siham Kouji, Amal El Yamani

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Siham KoujiDepartment of Fixed Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dental Medicine of Rabat, Mohammed V University, Rabat, MAR.
Amal El YamaniDepartment of Fixed Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dental Medicine of Rabat, Mohammed V University, Rabat, MAR.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The restoration of anterior teeth has always been a significant challenge for both the dentist and the laboratory technician. Achieving the final result of an aesthetic prosthetic project requires a careful reflection phase upstream, involving close collaboration between the medical team, following several specific steps, and adhering to a precise chronology. This case report highlights the importance of a multidisciplinary treatment approach, including crown lengthening surgery with osteotomy, pre-visualization of the final result using Digital Smile Design software, and computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) ceramic crowns for optimal correction of smile aesthetics.

Indexed as

case reportcomputer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing technology (cad-cam)crown lengtheningdental smile design dsdesthetics managementfull anterior ceramic crowns

Identifiers

PMID40661996
PMCPMC12256351

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